diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index cb083e0d682c..5fae7704daab 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -751,8 +751,10 @@ IP Variables:
 ip_local_port_range - 2 INTEGERS
 	Defines the local port range that is used by TCP and UDP to
 	choose the local port. The first number is the first, the
-	second the last local port number. The default values are
-	32768 and 61000 respectively.
+	second the last local port number.
+	If possible, it is better these numbers have different parity.
+	(one even and one odd values)
+	The default values are 32768 and 60999 respectively.
 
 ip_local_reserved_ports - list of comma separated ranges
 	Specify the ports which are reserved for known third-party
@@ -775,7 +777,7 @@ ip_local_reserved_ports - list of comma separated ranges
 	ip_local_port_range, e.g.:
 
 	$ cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_port_range
-	32000	61000
+	32000	60999
 	$ cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_local_reserved_ports
 	8080,9148
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
index 235d36afece3..6ad0f7a711c9 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
@@ -1595,7 +1595,7 @@ static __net_init int inet_init_net(struct net *net)
 	 */
 	seqlock_init(&net->ipv4.ip_local_ports.lock);
 	net->ipv4.ip_local_ports.range[0] =  32768;
-	net->ipv4.ip_local_ports.range[1] =  61000;
+	net->ipv4.ip_local_ports.range[1] =  60999;
 
 	seqlock_init(&net->ipv4.ping_group_range.lock);
 	/*
diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c b/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c
index 185efef0f125..1b336dc179f8 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c
@@ -502,8 +502,14 @@ int __inet_hash_connect(struct inet_timewait_death_row *death_row,
 		inet_get_local_port_range(net, &low, &high);
 		remaining = (high - low) + 1;
 
+		/* By starting with offset being an even number,
+		 * we tend to leave about 50% of ports for other uses,
+		 * like bind(0).
+		 */
+		offset &= ~1;
+
 		local_bh_disable();
-		for (i = 1; i <= remaining; i++) {
+		for (i = 0; i < remaining; i++) {
 			port = low + (i + offset) % remaining;
 			if (inet_is_local_reserved_port(net, port))
 				continue;
@@ -547,7 +553,7 @@ int __inet_hash_connect(struct inet_timewait_death_row *death_row,
 		return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
 
 ok:
-		hint += i;
+		hint += (i + 2) & ~1;
 
 		/* Head lock still held and bh's disabled */
 		inet_bind_hash(sk, tb, port);