diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index 7042c32085f5ec63679d5980121fcdd5f8f3cda1..064c92fe00d2968bba50e43799acdbf4896e5acb 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -759,8 +759,7 @@ static inline __u32 tcp_current_ssthresh(const struct sock *sk)
 }
 
 /* Use define here intentionally to get BUG_ON location shown at the caller */
-#define tcp_verify_left_out(tp) \
-	BUG_ON(tp->rx_opt.sack_ok && (tcp_left_out(tp) > tp->packets_out))
+#define tcp_verify_left_out(tp)	BUG_ON(tcp_left_out(tp) > tp->packets_out)
 
 extern void tcp_enter_cwr(struct sock *sk, const int set_ssthresh);
 extern __u32 tcp_init_cwnd(struct tcp_sock *tp, struct dst_entry *dst);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index bf4fc3516fb99d92abec60ac76cf54c894ec93ef..f8af018dd22434e6287c3b0c9c456899ea69ea90 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -2187,7 +2187,7 @@ static void tcp_mtup_probe_success(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
  * tcp_xmit_retransmit_queue().
  */
 static void
-tcp_fastretrans_alert(struct sock *sk, int prior_packets, int flag)
+tcp_fastretrans_alert(struct sock *sk, int pkts_acked, int flag)
 {
 	struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
 	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
@@ -2273,12 +2273,8 @@ tcp_fastretrans_alert(struct sock *sk, int prior_packets, int flag)
 		if (!(flag & FLAG_SND_UNA_ADVANCED)) {
 			if (IsReno(tp) && is_dupack)
 				tcp_add_reno_sack(sk);
-		} else {
-			int acked = prior_packets - tp->packets_out;
-			if (IsReno(tp))
-				tcp_remove_reno_sacks(sk, acked);
-			do_lost = tcp_try_undo_partial(sk, acked);
-		}
+		} else
+			do_lost = tcp_try_undo_partial(sk, pkts_acked);
 		break;
 	case TCP_CA_Loss:
 		if (flag&FLAG_DATA_ACKED)
@@ -2577,6 +2573,9 @@ static int tcp_clean_rtx_queue(struct sock *sk, __s32 *seq_rtt_p)
 		tcp_ack_update_rtt(sk, acked, seq_rtt);
 		tcp_ack_packets_out(sk);
 
+		if (IsReno(tp))
+			tcp_remove_reno_sacks(sk, pkts_acked);
+
 		if (ca_ops->pkts_acked) {
 			s32 rtt_us = -1;
 
@@ -2927,7 +2926,7 @@ static int tcp_ack(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int flag)
 		if ((flag & FLAG_DATA_ACKED) && !frto_cwnd &&
 		    tcp_may_raise_cwnd(sk, flag))
 			tcp_cong_avoid(sk, ack, prior_in_flight, 0);
-		tcp_fastretrans_alert(sk, prior_packets, flag);
+		tcp_fastretrans_alert(sk, prior_packets - tp->packets_out, flag);
 	} else {
 		if ((flag & FLAG_DATA_ACKED) && !frto_cwnd)
 			tcp_cong_avoid(sk, ack, prior_in_flight, 1);