diff --git a/include/net/sctp/structs.h b/include/net/sctp/structs.h
index 2174d8da0770a5285d3d937a1174eb9e52dd2a27..ea0ca5f6e629cc8eb2e05e53b1531379617b3b79 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/structs.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/structs.h
@@ -629,6 +629,7 @@ struct sctp_chunk {
 #define SCTP_NEED_FRTX 0x1
 #define SCTP_DONT_FRTX 0x2
 	__u16	rtt_in_progress:1,	/* This chunk used for RTT calc? */
+		resent:1,		/* Has this chunk ever been resent. */
 		has_tsn:1,		/* Does this chunk have a TSN yet? */
 		has_ssn:1,		/* Does this chunk have a SSN yet? */
 		singleton:1,		/* Only chunk in the packet? */
diff --git a/net/sctp/output.c b/net/sctp/output.c
index e650978daf279abe9b1277dabb22f2e865c64a7a..0e2644d0a773710d149639ab3aa777c6313a7737 100644
--- a/net/sctp/output.c
+++ b/net/sctp/output.c
@@ -474,10 +474,11 @@ int sctp_packet_transmit(struct sctp_packet *packet)
 			 * for a given destination transport address.
 			 */
 
-			if (!tp->rto_pending) {
+			if (!chunk->resent && !tp->rto_pending) {
 				chunk->rtt_in_progress = 1;
 				tp->rto_pending = 1;
 			}
+
 			has_data = 1;
 		}
 
diff --git a/net/sctp/outqueue.c b/net/sctp/outqueue.c
index abb6db008df16b60d8c2feb6f3bc43e995ec1d5f..f51ba985a36eaaf0b021adba700cf16d42394e6f 100644
--- a/net/sctp/outqueue.c
+++ b/net/sctp/outqueue.c
@@ -446,6 +446,8 @@ void sctp_retransmit_mark(struct sctp_outq *q,
 				transport->rto_pending = 0;
 			}
 
+			chunk->resent = 1;
+
 			/* Move the chunk to the retransmit queue. The chunks
 			 * on the retransmit queue are always kept in order.
 			 */
@@ -1375,6 +1377,7 @@ static void sctp_check_transmitted(struct sctp_outq *q,
 				 * instance).
 				 */
 				if (!tchunk->tsn_gap_acked &&
+				    !tchunk->resent &&
 				    tchunk->rtt_in_progress) {
 					tchunk->rtt_in_progress = 0;
 					rtt = jiffies - tchunk->sent_at;