diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
index f87dbc78b6bc..71a29e9c0620 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ static int tcp_write_timeout(struct sock *sk)
 	if ((1 << sk->sk_state) & (TCPF_SYN_SENT | TCPF_SYN_RECV)) {
 		if (icsk->icsk_retransmits) {
 			dst_negative_advice(sk);
-		} else if (!tp->syn_data && !tp->syn_fastopen) {
+		} else {
 			sk_rethink_txhash(sk);
 		}
 		retry_until = icsk->icsk_syn_retries ? : net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_syn_retries;