diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index de02fb4..2250f89 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -396,6 +396,9 @@
 	 */
 	tp->snd_cwnd = TCP_INIT_CWND;
 
+	/* There's a bubble in the pipe until at least the first ACK. */
+	tp->app_limited = ~0U;
+
 	/* See draft-stevens-tcpca-spec-01 for discussion of the
 	 * initialization of these values.
 	 */
@@ -1014,6 +1017,9 @@
 					flags);
 
 	lock_sock(sk);
+
+	tcp_rate_check_app_limited(sk);  /* is sending application-limited? */
+
 	res = do_tcp_sendpages(sk, page, offset, size, flags);
 	release_sock(sk);
 	return res;
@@ -1115,6 +1121,8 @@
 
 	timeo = sock_sndtimeo(sk, flags & MSG_DONTWAIT);
 
+	tcp_rate_check_app_limited(sk);  /* is sending application-limited? */
+
 	/* Wait for a connection to finish. One exception is TCP Fast Open
 	 * (passive side) where data is allowed to be sent before a connection
 	 * is fully established.