diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 4ad75b8..9469ce3 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -1939,7 +1939,6 @@ void tcp_enter_loss(struct sock *sk)
 	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 	struct net *net = sock_net(sk);
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
-	bool new_recovery = icsk->icsk_ca_state < TCP_CA_Recovery;
 	bool is_reneg;			/* is receiver reneging on SACKs? */
 	bool mark_lost;
 
@@ -2000,13 +1999,15 @@ void tcp_enter_loss(struct sock *sk)
 	tp->high_seq = tp->snd_nxt;
 	tcp_ecn_queue_cwr(tp);
 
-	/* F-RTO RFC5682 sec 3.1 step 1: retransmit SND.UNA if no previous
-	 * loss recovery is underway except recurring timeout(s) on
-	 * the same SND.UNA (sec 3.2). Disable F-RTO on path MTU probing
+	/* F-RTO RFC5682 sec 3.1 step 1 mandates to disable F-RTO
+	 * if a previous recovery is underway, otherwise it may incorrectly
+	 * call a timeout spurious if some previously retransmitted packets
+	 * are s/acked (sec 3.2). We do not apply that retriction since
+	 * retransmitted skbs are permanently tagged with TCPCB_EVER_RETRANS
+	 * so FLAG_ORIG_SACK_ACKED is always correct. But we do disable F-RTO
+	 * on PTMU discovery to avoid sending new data.
 	 */
-	tp->frto = sysctl_tcp_frto &&
-		   (new_recovery || icsk->icsk_retransmits) &&
-		   !inet_csk(sk)->icsk_mtup.probe_size;
+	tp->frto = sysctl_tcp_frto && !inet_csk(sk)->icsk_mtup.probe_size;
 }
 
 /* If ACK arrived pointing to a remembered SACK, it means that our
@@ -2740,14 +2741,18 @@ static void tcp_process_loss(struct sock *sk, int flag, bool is_dupack,
 	    tcp_try_undo_loss(sk, false))
 		return;
 
-	if (tp->frto) { /* F-RTO RFC5682 sec 3.1 (sack enhanced version). */
-		/* Step 3.b. A timeout is spurious if not all data are
-		 * lost, i.e., never-retransmitted data are (s)acked.
-		 */
-		if ((flag & FLAG_ORIG_SACK_ACKED) &&
-		    tcp_try_undo_loss(sk, true))
-			return;
+	/* The ACK (s)acks some never-retransmitted data meaning not all
+	 * the data packets before the timeout were lost. Therefore we
+	 * undo the congestion window and state. This is essentially
+	 * the operation in F-RTO (RFC5682 section 3.1 step 3.b). Since
+	 * a retransmitted skb is permantly marked, we can apply such an
+	 * operation even if F-RTO was not used.
+	 */
+	if ((flag & FLAG_ORIG_SACK_ACKED) &&
+	    tcp_try_undo_loss(sk, tp->undo_marker))
+		return;
 
+	if (tp->frto) { /* F-RTO RFC5682 sec 3.1 (sack enhanced version). */
 		if (after(tp->snd_nxt, tp->high_seq)) {
 			if (flag & FLAG_DATA_SACKED || is_dupack)
 				tp->frto = 0; /* Step 3.a. loss was real */