diff --git a/include/net/inet_connection_sock.h b/include/net/inet_connection_sock.h
index d9978ffacc97..f736d3097e43 100644
--- a/include/net/inet_connection_sock.h
+++ b/include/net/inet_connection_sock.h
@@ -117,7 +117,8 @@ struct inet_connection_sock {
 		#define ATO_BITS 8
 		__u32		  ato:ATO_BITS,	 /* Predicted tick of soft clock	   */
 				  lrcv_flowlabel:20, /* last received ipv6 flowlabel	   */
-				  unused:4;
+				  dst_quick_ack:1, /* cache dst RTAX_QUICKACK		   */
+				  unused:3;
 		unsigned long	  timeout;	 /* Currently scheduled timeout		   */
 		__u32		  lrcvtime;	 /* timestamp of last received data packet */
 		__u16		  last_seg_size; /* Size of last incoming segment	   */
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index a0598518ce89..323892066def 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -2565,8 +2565,12 @@ void sk_setup_caps(struct sock *sk, struct dst_entry *dst)
 	u32 max_segs = 1;
 
 	sk->sk_route_caps = dst->dev->features;
-	if (sk_is_tcp(sk))
+	if (sk_is_tcp(sk)) {
+		struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
+
 		sk->sk_route_caps |= NETIF_F_GSO;
+		icsk->icsk_ack.dst_quick_ack = dst_metric(dst, RTAX_QUICKACK);
+	}
 	if (sk->sk_route_caps & NETIF_F_GSO)
 		sk->sk_route_caps |= NETIF_F_GSO_SOFTWARE;
 	if (unlikely(sk->sk_gso_disabled))
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 5c270cf96678..72382ee4456d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -334,9 +334,8 @@ static void tcp_enter_quickack_mode(struct sock *sk, unsigned int max_quickacks)
 static bool tcp_in_quickack_mode(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	const struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
-	const struct dst_entry *dst = __sk_dst_get(sk);
 
-	return (dst && dst_metric(dst, RTAX_QUICKACK)) ||
+	return icsk->icsk_ack.dst_quick_ack ||
 		(icsk->icsk_ack.quick && !inet_csk_in_pingpong_mode(sk));
 }