diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index f181b78f2385..00afbb0c7e5f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -349,6 +349,7 @@ static inline void TCP_ECN_send(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
  */
 static void tcp_init_nondata_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 seq, u8 flags)
 {
+	skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_PARTIAL;
 	skb->csum = 0;
 
 	TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->flags = flags;