diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b234837e4d07..3addd4c286fa 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 VERSION = 4
 PATCHLEVEL = 19
-SUBLEVEL = 54
+SUBLEVEL = 55
 EXTRAVERSION =
 NAME = "People's Front"
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index 147ed82b73d3..221d9b72423b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -1299,7 +1299,8 @@ int tcp_fragment(struct sock *sk, enum tcp_queue tcp_queue,
 	if (nsize < 0)
 		nsize = 0;
 
-	if (unlikely((sk->sk_wmem_queued >> 1) > sk->sk_sndbuf)) {
+	if (unlikely((sk->sk_wmem_queued >> 1) > sk->sk_sndbuf &&
+		     tcp_queue != TCP_FRAG_IN_WRITE_QUEUE)) {
 		NET_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), LINUX_MIB_TCPWQUEUETOOBIG);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}