diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index 6feeccd83dd7557abd30e32c0547f483b79bd238..4af45e33105db2ee37b8ca66d6ec4122aa487456 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -525,6 +525,7 @@ static inline __u32 cookie_v6_init_sequence(struct sock *sk,
 extern void __tcp_push_pending_frames(struct sock *sk, unsigned int cur_mss,
 				      int nonagle);
 extern bool tcp_may_send_now(struct sock *sk);
+extern int __tcp_retransmit_skb(struct sock *, struct sk_buff *);
 extern int tcp_retransmit_skb(struct sock *, struct sk_buff *);
 extern void tcp_retransmit_timer(struct sock *sk);
 extern void tcp_xmit_retransmit_queue(struct sock *);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 609ff98aeb47ce99500614ff4a8a9cfe3a290d28..181fc8234a529d5b6663f683e0da19e5ab17c1e8 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -5645,7 +5645,11 @@ static bool tcp_rcv_fastopen_synack(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *synack,
 	tcp_fastopen_cache_set(sk, mss, cookie, syn_drop);
 
 	if (data) { /* Retransmit unacked data in SYN */
-		tcp_retransmit_skb(sk, data);
+		tcp_for_write_queue_from(data, sk) {
+			if (data == tcp_send_head(sk) ||
+			    __tcp_retransmit_skb(sk, data))
+				break;
+		}
 		tcp_rearm_rto(sk);
 		return true;
 	}
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index 2798706cb06385aa87fdb05ba1ed2c6a0a14e6e5..948ac275b9b52ed10c1adaa9f931760a0903c788 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -2309,12 +2309,11 @@ static void tcp_retrans_try_collapse(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *to,
  * state updates are done by the caller.  Returns non-zero if an
  * error occurred which prevented the send.
  */
-int tcp_retransmit_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
+int __tcp_retransmit_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 	struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
 	unsigned int cur_mss;
-	int err;
 
 	/* Inconslusive MTU probe */
 	if (icsk->icsk_mtup.probe_size) {
@@ -2387,11 +2386,17 @@ int tcp_retransmit_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (unlikely(NET_IP_ALIGN && ((unsigned long)skb->data & 3))) {
 		struct sk_buff *nskb = __pskb_copy(skb, MAX_TCP_HEADER,
 						   GFP_ATOMIC);
-		err = nskb ? tcp_transmit_skb(sk, nskb, 0, GFP_ATOMIC) :
-			     -ENOBUFS;
+		return nskb ? tcp_transmit_skb(sk, nskb, 0, GFP_ATOMIC) :
+			      -ENOBUFS;
 	} else {
-		err = tcp_transmit_skb(sk, skb, 1, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		return tcp_transmit_skb(sk, skb, 1, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	}
+}
+
+int tcp_retransmit_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
+	int err = __tcp_retransmit_skb(sk, skb);
 
 	if (err == 0) {
 		/* Update global TCP statistics. */