diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index f1db89bb3aa7..53300fa2359f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -1893,7 +1893,12 @@ int tcp_retransmit_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		if (tcp_fragment(sk, skb, cur_mss, cur_mss))
 			return -ENOMEM; /* We'll try again later. */
 	} else {
-		tcp_init_tso_segs(sk, skb, cur_mss);
+		int oldpcount = tcp_skb_pcount(skb);
+
+		if (unlikely(oldpcount > 1)) {
+			tcp_init_tso_segs(sk, skb, cur_mss);
+			tcp_adjust_pcount(sk, skb, oldpcount - tcp_skb_pcount(skb));
+		}
 	}
 
 	tcp_retrans_try_collapse(sk, skb, cur_mss);