diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
index 074de38bafbd..bcc2f5783e57 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
@@ -159,7 +159,20 @@ static void tcp_mtu_probing(struct inet_connection_sock *icsk, struct sock *sk)
 	tcp_sync_mss(sk, icsk->icsk_pmtu_cookie);
 }
 
+static unsigned int tcp_model_timeout(struct sock *sk,
+				      unsigned int boundary,
+				      unsigned int rto_base)
+{
+	unsigned int linear_backoff_thresh, timeout;
 
+	linear_backoff_thresh = ilog2(TCP_RTO_MAX / rto_base);
+	if (boundary <= linear_backoff_thresh)
+		timeout = ((2 << boundary) - 1) * rto_base;
+	else
+		timeout = ((2 << linear_backoff_thresh) - 1) * rto_base +
+			(boundary - linear_backoff_thresh) * TCP_RTO_MAX;
+	return jiffies_to_msecs(timeout);
+}
 /**
  *  retransmits_timed_out() - returns true if this connection has timed out
  *  @sk:       The current socket
@@ -177,23 +190,15 @@ static bool retransmits_timed_out(struct sock *sk,
 				  unsigned int boundary,
 				  unsigned int timeout)
 {
-	const unsigned int rto_base = TCP_RTO_MIN;
-	unsigned int linear_backoff_thresh, start_ts;
+	unsigned int start_ts;
 
 	if (!inet_csk(sk)->icsk_retransmits)
 		return false;
 
 	start_ts = tcp_sk(sk)->retrans_stamp;
-	if (likely(timeout == 0)) {
-		linear_backoff_thresh = ilog2(TCP_RTO_MAX/rto_base);
+	if (likely(timeout == 0))
+		timeout = tcp_model_timeout(sk, boundary, TCP_RTO_MIN);
 
-		if (boundary <= linear_backoff_thresh)
-			timeout = ((2 << boundary) - 1) * rto_base;
-		else
-			timeout = ((2 << linear_backoff_thresh) - 1) * rto_base +
-				(boundary - linear_backoff_thresh) * TCP_RTO_MAX;
-		timeout = jiffies_to_msecs(timeout);
-	}
 	return (s32)(tcp_time_stamp(tcp_sk(sk)) - start_ts - timeout) >= 0;
 }