diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index d9b83d198c3d..b5e315f13641 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -1585,6 +1585,10 @@ static struct sk_buff *tcp_shift_skb_data(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* tcp_sacktag_one() won't SACK-tag ranges below snd_una */
+	if (!after(TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->seq + len, tp->snd_una))
+		goto fallback;
+
 	if (!skb_shift(prev, skb, len))
 		goto fallback;
 	if (!tcp_shifted_skb(sk, skb, state, pcount, len, mss, dup_sack))