diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 0feb10935be1..65b9f274a774 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ int sysctl_tcp_adv_win_scale __read_mostly = 2;
 int sysctl_tcp_stdurg __read_mostly;
 int sysctl_tcp_rfc1337 __read_mostly;
 int sysctl_tcp_max_orphans __read_mostly = NR_FILE;
-int sysctl_tcp_frto __read_mostly;
+int sysctl_tcp_frto __read_mostly = 2;
 int sysctl_tcp_frto_response __read_mostly;
 int sysctl_tcp_nometrics_save __read_mostly;