diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index e80eb1788f80..7b556a0cda1b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -2592,6 +2592,7 @@ int tcp_disconnect(struct sock *sk, int flags)
 	tcp_set_ca_state(sk, TCP_CA_Open);
 	tp->is_sack_reneg = 0;
 	tcp_clear_retrans(tp);
+	tp->total_retrans = 0;
 	inet_csk_delack_init(sk);
 	/* Initialize rcv_mss to TCP_MIN_MSS to avoid division by 0
 	 * issue in __tcp_select_window()