diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index d8f3b76a3ffe..bf1d705cd29f 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d0498d9ae1a5cebac363e38907266d5cd2eedf89
+refs/heads/master: dd9e0dda66ba38a2ddd1405ac279894260dc5c36
diff --git a/trunk/include/net/tcp.h b/trunk/include/net/tcp.h
index 2c14edf7b076..633147cb6bbc 100644
--- a/trunk/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/trunk/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -787,11 +787,14 @@ 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);
 
 /* Slow start with delack produces 3 packets of burst, so that
- * it is safe "de facto".
+ * it is safe "de facto".  This will be the default - same as
+ * the default reordering threshold - but if reordering increases,
+ * we must be able to allow cwnd to burst at least this much in order
+ * to not pull it back when holes are filled.
  */
 static __inline__ __u32 tcp_max_burst(const struct tcp_sock *tp)
 {
-	return 3;
+	return tp->reordering;
 }
 
 /* Returns end sequence number of the receiver's advertised window */