diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index 0dbf208a4f2f..bde781f46b41 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -3151,14 +3151,6 @@ int __tcp_retransmit_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int segs)
 	if (icsk->icsk_mtup.probe_size)
 		icsk->icsk_mtup.probe_size = 0;
 
-	/* Do not sent more than we queued. 1/4 is reserved for possible
-	 * copying overhead: fragmentation, tunneling, mangling etc.
-	 */
-	if (refcount_read(&sk->sk_wmem_alloc) >
-	    min_t(u32, sk->sk_wmem_queued + (sk->sk_wmem_queued >> 2),
-		  sk->sk_sndbuf))
-		return -EAGAIN;
-
 	if (skb_still_in_host_queue(sk, skb))
 		return -EBUSY;