diff --git a/include/net/flow.h b/include/net/flow.h
index 240b7f356c71..1ae901f24436 100644
--- a/include/net/flow.h
+++ b/include/net/flow.h
@@ -48,7 +48,8 @@ struct flowi {
 
 	__u8	proto;
 	__u8	flags;
-#define FLOWI_FLAG_ANYSRC 0x01
+#define FLOWI_FLAG_ANYSRC		0x01
+#define FLOWI_FLAG_PRECOW_METRICS	0x02
 	union {
 		struct {
 			__be16	sport;
diff --git a/include/net/inet_sock.h b/include/net/inet_sock.h
index 8181498fa96c..6e6dfd757682 100644
--- a/include/net/inet_sock.h
+++ b/include/net/inet_sock.h
@@ -219,7 +219,13 @@ static inline struct request_sock *inet_reqsk_alloc(struct request_sock_ops *ops
 
 static inline __u8 inet_sk_flowi_flags(const struct sock *sk)
 {
-	return inet_sk(sk)->transparent ? FLOWI_FLAG_ANYSRC : 0;
+	__u8 flags = 0;
+
+	if (inet_sk(sk)->transparent)
+		flags |= FLOWI_FLAG_ANYSRC;
+	if (sk->sk_protocol == IPPROTO_TCP)
+		flags |= FLOWI_FLAG_PRECOW_METRICS;
+	return flags;
 }
 
 #endif	/* _INET_SOCK_H */
diff --git a/include/net/route.h b/include/net/route.h
index 5677cbf0c6e6..e5864658dc76 100644
--- a/include/net/route.h
+++ b/include/net/route.h
@@ -182,6 +182,8 @@ static inline int ip_route_connect(struct rtable **rp, __be32 dst,
 
 	if (inet_sk(sk)->transparent)
 		fl.flags |= FLOWI_FLAG_ANYSRC;
+	if (protocol == IPPROTO_TCP)
+		fl.flags |= FLOWI_FLAG_PRECOW_METRICS;
 
 	if (!dst || !src) {
 		err = __ip_route_output_key(net, rp, &fl);
@@ -209,6 +211,8 @@ static inline int ip_route_newports(struct rtable **rp, u8 protocol,
 		fl.proto = protocol;
 		if (inet_sk(sk)->transparent)
 			fl.flags |= FLOWI_FLAG_ANYSRC;
+		if (protocol == IPPROTO_TCP)
+			fl.flags |= FLOWI_FLAG_PRECOW_METRICS;
 		ip_rt_put(*rp);
 		*rp = NULL;
 		security_sk_classify_flow(sk, &fl);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index 68cee358d9a3..dd57f4896736 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -1857,6 +1857,28 @@ static unsigned int ipv4_default_mtu(const struct dst_entry *dst)
 	return mtu;
 }
 
+static void rt_init_metrics(struct rtable *rt, struct fib_info *fi)
+{
+	if (!(rt->fl.flags & FLOWI_FLAG_PRECOW_METRICS)) {
+	no_cow:
+		rt->fi = fi;
+		atomic_inc(&fi->fib_clntref);
+		dst_init_metrics(&rt->dst, fi->fib_metrics, true);
+	} else {
+		struct inet_peer *peer;
+
+		if (!rt->peer)
+			rt_bind_peer(rt, 1);
+		peer = rt->peer;
+		if (!peer)
+			goto no_cow;
+		if (inet_metrics_new(peer))
+			memcpy(peer->metrics, fi->fib_metrics,
+			       sizeof(u32) * RTAX_MAX);
+		dst_init_metrics(&rt->dst, peer->metrics, false);
+	}
+}
+
 static void rt_set_nexthop(struct rtable *rt, struct fib_result *res, u32 itag)
 {
 	struct dst_entry *dst = &rt->dst;
@@ -1866,9 +1888,7 @@ static void rt_set_nexthop(struct rtable *rt, struct fib_result *res, u32 itag)
 		if (FIB_RES_GW(*res) &&
 		    FIB_RES_NH(*res).nh_scope == RT_SCOPE_LINK)
 			rt->rt_gateway = FIB_RES_GW(*res);
-		rt->fi = fi;
-		atomic_inc(&fi->fib_clntref);
-		dst_init_metrics(dst, fi->fib_metrics, true);
+		rt_init_metrics(rt, fi);
 #ifdef CONFIG_IP_ROUTE_CLASSID
 		dst->tclassid = FIB_RES_NH(*res).nh_tclassid;
 #endif