diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
index 045e799d3e1d..ec834480abe7 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
@@ -466,9 +466,9 @@ void inet_csk_reqsk_queue_prune(struct sock *parent,
 		reqp=&lopt->syn_table[i];
 		while ((req = *reqp) != NULL) {
 			if (time_after_eq(now, req->expires)) {
-				if ((req->retrans < (inet_rsk(req)->acked ? max_retries : thresh)) &&
-				    (inet_rsk(req)->acked ||
-				     !req->rsk_ops->rtx_syn_ack(parent, req))) {
+				if ((req->retrans < thresh ||
+				     (inet_rsk(req)->acked && req->retrans < max_retries))
+				    && !req->rsk_ops->rtx_syn_ack(parent, req)) {
 					unsigned long timeo;
 
 					if (req->retrans++ == 0)