diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 769508c..e2fa6eb 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -1412,7 +1412,8 @@ int tcp_sendmsg_locked(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t size)
 		/* It is the one place in all of TCP, except connection
 		 * reset, where we can be unlinking the send_head.
 		 */
-		tcp_check_send_head(sk, skb);
+		if (tcp_write_queue_empty(sk))
+			tcp_chrono_stop(sk, TCP_CHRONO_BUSY);
 		sk_wmem_free_skb(sk, skb);
 	}