diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index 36c5084964cd..f50f29faf76f 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ __u32 cookie_v4_init_sequence(struct sock *sk, const struct sk_buff *skb,
 __u32 cookie_init_timestamp(struct request_sock *req);
 bool cookie_timestamp_decode(struct tcp_options_received *opt);
 bool cookie_ecn_ok(const struct tcp_options_received *opt,
-		   const struct net *net);
+		   const struct net *net, const struct dst_entry *dst);
 
 /* From net/ipv6/syncookies.c */
 int __cookie_v6_check(const struct ipv6hdr *iph, const struct tcphdr *th,
diff --git a/net/ipv4/syncookies.c b/net/ipv4/syncookies.c
index 6de772500ee9..45fe60c5238e 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/syncookies.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/syncookies.c
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ bool cookie_timestamp_decode(struct tcp_options_received *tcp_opt)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cookie_timestamp_decode);
 
 bool cookie_ecn_ok(const struct tcp_options_received *tcp_opt,
-		   const struct net *net)
+		   const struct net *net, const struct dst_entry *dst)
 {
 	bool ecn_ok = tcp_opt->rcv_tsecr & TS_OPT_ECN;
 
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ bool cookie_ecn_ok(const struct tcp_options_received *tcp_opt,
 	if (net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_ecn)
 		return true;
 
-	return false;
+	return dst_feature(dst, RTAX_FEATURE_ECN);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(cookie_ecn_ok);
 
@@ -387,7 +387,7 @@ struct sock *cookie_v4_check(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 				  dst_metric(&rt->dst, RTAX_INITRWND));
 
 	ireq->rcv_wscale  = rcv_wscale;
-	ireq->ecn_ok = cookie_ecn_ok(&tcp_opt, sock_net(sk));
+	ireq->ecn_ok = cookie_ecn_ok(&tcp_opt, sock_net(sk), &rt->dst);
 
 	ret = get_cookie_sock(sk, skb, req, &rt->dst);
 	/* ip_queue_xmit() depends on our flow being setup
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 4e4617e90417..196b4388116c 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -5876,20 +5876,22 @@ static inline void pr_drop_req(struct request_sock *req, __u16 port, int family)
  */
 static void tcp_ecn_create_request(struct request_sock *req,
 				   const struct sk_buff *skb,
-				   const struct sock *listen_sk)
+				   const struct sock *listen_sk,
+				   const struct dst_entry *dst)
 {
 	const struct tcphdr *th = tcp_hdr(skb);
 	const struct net *net = sock_net(listen_sk);
 	bool th_ecn = th->ece && th->cwr;
-	bool ect, need_ecn;
+	bool ect, need_ecn, ecn_ok;
 
 	if (!th_ecn)
 		return;
 
 	ect = !INET_ECN_is_not_ect(TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->ip_dsfield);
 	need_ecn = tcp_ca_needs_ecn(listen_sk);
+	ecn_ok = net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_ecn || dst_feature(dst, RTAX_FEATURE_ECN);
 
-	if (!ect && !need_ecn && net->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_ecn)
+	if (!ect && !need_ecn && ecn_ok)
 		inet_rsk(req)->ecn_ok = 1;
 	else if (ect && need_ecn)
 		inet_rsk(req)->ecn_ok = 1;
@@ -5954,13 +5956,7 @@ int tcp_conn_request(struct request_sock_ops *rsk_ops,
 	if (security_inet_conn_request(sk, skb, req))
 		goto drop_and_free;
 
-	if (!want_cookie || tmp_opt.tstamp_ok)
-		tcp_ecn_create_request(req, skb, sk);
-
-	if (want_cookie) {
-		isn = cookie_init_sequence(af_ops, sk, skb, &req->mss);
-		req->cookie_ts = tmp_opt.tstamp_ok;
-	} else if (!isn) {
+	if (!want_cookie && !isn) {
 		/* VJ's idea. We save last timestamp seen
 		 * from the destination in peer table, when entering
 		 * state TIME-WAIT, and check against it before
@@ -6008,6 +6004,15 @@ int tcp_conn_request(struct request_sock_ops *rsk_ops,
 			goto drop_and_free;
 	}
 
+	tcp_ecn_create_request(req, skb, sk, dst);
+
+	if (want_cookie) {
+		isn = cookie_init_sequence(af_ops, sk, skb, &req->mss);
+		req->cookie_ts = tmp_opt.tstamp_ok;
+		if (!tmp_opt.tstamp_ok)
+			inet_rsk(req)->ecn_ok = 0;
+	}
+
 	tcp_rsk(req)->snt_isn = isn;
 	tcp_openreq_init_rwin(req, sk, dst);
 	fastopen = !want_cookie &&
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index a3d453b94747..0b88158dd4a7 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -333,10 +333,19 @@ static void tcp_ecn_send_synack(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 static void tcp_ecn_send_syn(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
+	bool use_ecn = sock_net(sk)->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_ecn == 1 ||
+		       tcp_ca_needs_ecn(sk);
+
+	if (!use_ecn) {
+		const struct dst_entry *dst = __sk_dst_get(sk);
+
+		if (dst && dst_feature(dst, RTAX_FEATURE_ECN))
+			use_ecn = true;
+	}
 
 	tp->ecn_flags = 0;
-	if (sock_net(sk)->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_ecn == 1 ||
-	    tcp_ca_needs_ecn(sk)) {
+
+	if (use_ecn) {
 		TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->tcp_flags |= TCPHDR_ECE | TCPHDR_CWR;
 		tp->ecn_flags = TCP_ECN_OK;
 		if (tcp_ca_needs_ecn(sk))
diff --git a/net/ipv6/syncookies.c b/net/ipv6/syncookies.c
index 52cc8cb02c0c..7337fc7947e2 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/syncookies.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/syncookies.c
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ struct sock *cookie_v6_check(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 				  dst_metric(dst, RTAX_INITRWND));
 
 	ireq->rcv_wscale = rcv_wscale;
-	ireq->ecn_ok = cookie_ecn_ok(&tcp_opt, sock_net(sk));
+	ireq->ecn_ok = cookie_ecn_ok(&tcp_opt, sock_net(sk), dst);
 
 	ret = get_cookie_sock(sk, skb, req, dst);
 out: