diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 65545ff9ea24..91a56fdbac49 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: b508998f665ee6d6a15eae11be258c3e94c33562
+refs/heads/master: 45e77d314585869dfe43c82679f7e08c9b35b898
diff --git a/trunk/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/trunk/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index b4ed957f201a..7ed9dc1042d1 100644
--- a/trunk/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/trunk/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -2208,6 +2208,9 @@ void tcp_xmit_retransmit_queue(struct sock *sk)
 	int mib_idx;
 	int fwd_rexmitting = 0;
 
+	if (!tp->packets_out)
+		return;
+
 	if (!tp->lost_out)
 		tp->retransmit_high = tp->snd_una;