diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/snmp.h b/include/uapi/linux/snmp.h
index e00013a1debc..fefdec91c68b 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/snmp.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/snmp.h
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ enum
 	LINUX_MIB_TCPFASTOPENPASSIVEFAIL,	/* TCPFastOpenPassiveFail */
 	LINUX_MIB_TCPFASTOPENLISTENOVERFLOW,	/* TCPFastOpenListenOverflow */
 	LINUX_MIB_TCPFASTOPENCOOKIEREQD,	/* TCPFastOpenCookieReqd */
+	LINUX_MIB_TCPSPURIOUS_RTX_HOSTQUEUES, /* TCPSpuriousRtxHostQueues */
 	__LINUX_MIB_MAX
 };
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/proc.c b/net/ipv4/proc.c
index b6f2ea174898..6da51d55d03a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/proc.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/proc.c
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ static const struct snmp_mib snmp4_net_list[] = {
 	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("TCPFastOpenPassiveFail", LINUX_MIB_TCPFASTOPENPASSIVEFAIL),
 	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("TCPFastOpenListenOverflow", LINUX_MIB_TCPFASTOPENLISTENOVERFLOW),
 	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("TCPFastOpenCookieReqd", LINUX_MIB_TCPFASTOPENCOOKIEREQD),
+	SNMP_MIB_ITEM("TCPSpuriousRtxHostQueues", LINUX_MIB_TCPSPURIOUS_RTX_HOSTQUEUES),
 	SNMP_MIB_SENTINEL
 };
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index d12694353540..5f28131eb37e 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -846,6 +846,13 @@ static int tcp_transmit_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int clone_it,
 		__net_timestamp(skb);
 
 	if (likely(clone_it)) {
+		const struct sk_buff *fclone = skb + 1;
+
+		if (unlikely(skb->fclone == SKB_FCLONE_ORIG &&
+			     fclone->fclone == SKB_FCLONE_CLONE))
+			NET_INC_STATS_BH(sock_net(sk),
+					 LINUX_MIB_TCPSPURIOUS_RTX_HOSTQUEUES);
+
 		if (unlikely(skb_cloned(skb)))
 			skb = pskb_copy(skb, gfp_mask);
 		else