diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index 0ae7ce7a71a6f14031067b1cc2f345d6f57c21a9..e46849989a53ef0acf90717549b6b4f3340923a9 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -350,6 +350,7 @@ static inline void TCP_ECN_send(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
  */
 static void tcp_init_nondata_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 seq, u8 flags)
 {
+	skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_PARTIAL;
 	skb->csum = 0;
 
 	TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->flags = flags;