diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 44be7f43455e4aefde8db61e2d941a69abcc642a..c9d00ef54deca15d5760bcbe154001a96fa1e2a7 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -697,7 +697,7 @@ static bool tcp_should_autocork(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 {
 	return skb->len < size_goal &&
 	       sock_net(sk)->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_autocorking &&
-	       skb != tcp_write_queue_head(sk) &&
+	       !tcp_rtx_queue_empty(sk) &&
 	       refcount_read(&sk->sk_wmem_alloc) > skb->truesize;
 }