diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index d49db0113a06..42c29bfbcee3 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -273,6 +273,14 @@ static inline int between(__u32 seq1, __u32 seq2, __u32 seq3)
 	return seq3 - seq2 >= seq1 - seq2;
 }
 
+static inline bool tcp_out_of_memory(struct sock *sk)
+{
+	if (sk->sk_wmem_queued > SOCK_MIN_SNDBUF &&
+	    sk_memory_allocated(sk) > sk_prot_mem_limits(sk, 2))
+		return true;
+	return false;
+}
+
 static inline bool tcp_too_many_orphans(struct sock *sk, int shift)
 {
 	struct percpu_counter *ocp = sk->sk_prot->orphan_count;
@@ -283,13 +291,11 @@ static inline bool tcp_too_many_orphans(struct sock *sk, int shift)
 		if (orphans << shift > sysctl_tcp_max_orphans)
 			return true;
 	}
-
-	if (sk->sk_wmem_queued > SOCK_MIN_SNDBUF &&
-	    sk_memory_allocated(sk) > sk_prot_mem_limits(sk, 2))
-		return true;
 	return false;
 }
 
+extern bool tcp_check_oom(struct sock *sk, int shift);
+
 /* syncookies: remember time of last synqueue overflow */
 static inline void tcp_synq_overflow(struct sock *sk)
 {
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 06373b4a449a..a34f5cfdd44c 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -1876,6 +1876,20 @@ void tcp_shutdown(struct sock *sk, int how)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tcp_shutdown);
 
+bool tcp_check_oom(struct sock *sk, int shift)
+{
+	bool too_many_orphans, out_of_socket_memory;
+
+	too_many_orphans = tcp_too_many_orphans(sk, shift);
+	out_of_socket_memory = tcp_out_of_memory(sk);
+
+	if (too_many_orphans && net_ratelimit())
+		pr_info("TCP: too many orphaned sockets\n");
+	if (out_of_socket_memory && net_ratelimit())
+		pr_info("TCP: out of memory -- consider tuning tcp_mem\n");
+	return too_many_orphans || out_of_socket_memory;
+}
+
 void tcp_close(struct sock *sk, long timeout)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
@@ -2015,10 +2029,7 @@ adjudge_to_death:
 	}
 	if (sk->sk_state != TCP_CLOSE) {
 		sk_mem_reclaim(sk);
-		if (tcp_too_many_orphans(sk, 0)) {
-			if (net_ratelimit())
-				printk(KERN_INFO "TCP: too many of orphaned "
-				       "sockets\n");
+		if (tcp_check_oom(sk, 0)) {
 			tcp_set_state(sk, TCP_CLOSE);
 			tcp_send_active_reset(sk, GFP_ATOMIC);
 			NET_INC_STATS_BH(sock_net(sk),
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
index a516d1e399df..cd2e0723266d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
@@ -77,10 +77,7 @@ static int tcp_out_of_resources(struct sock *sk, int do_reset)
 	if (sk->sk_err_soft)
 		shift++;
 
-	if (tcp_too_many_orphans(sk, shift)) {
-		if (net_ratelimit())
-			printk(KERN_INFO "Out of socket memory\n");
-
+	if (tcp_check_oom(sk, shift)) {
 		/* Catch exceptional cases, when connection requires reset.
 		 *      1. Last segment was sent recently. */
 		if ((s32)(tcp_time_stamp - tp->lsndtime) <= TCP_TIMEWAIT_LEN ||