diff --git a/include/linux/tcp.h b/include/linux/tcp.h
index 0cd99e6baca5..4b86ad71e054 100644
--- a/include/linux/tcp.h
+++ b/include/linux/tcp.h
@@ -218,7 +218,6 @@ struct tcp_options_received {
 		snd_wscale : 4,	/* Window scaling received from sender	*/
 		rcv_wscale : 4;	/* Window scaling to send to receiver	*/
 /*	SACKs data	*/
-	u8	eff_sacks;	/* Size of SACK array to send with next packet */
 	u8	num_sacks;	/* Number of SACK blocks		*/
 	u16	user_mss;  	/* mss requested by user in ioctl */
 	u16	mss_clamp;	/* Maximal mss, negotiated at connection setup */
diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index 0366a559afec..055e4946d4c8 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -926,7 +926,6 @@ extern void tcp_done(struct sock *sk);
 static inline void tcp_sack_reset(struct tcp_options_received *rx_opt)
 {
 	rx_opt->dsack = 0;
-	rx_opt->eff_sacks = 0;
 	rx_opt->num_sacks = 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 03f5ede87224..e4442a293eb0 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -4099,7 +4099,6 @@ static void tcp_dsack_set(struct sock *sk, u32 seq, u32 end_seq)
 		tp->rx_opt.dsack = 1;
 		tp->duplicate_sack[0].start_seq = seq;
 		tp->duplicate_sack[0].end_seq = end_seq;
-		tp->rx_opt.eff_sacks = tp->rx_opt.num_sacks + 1;
 	}
 }
 
@@ -4154,8 +4153,6 @@ static void tcp_sack_maybe_coalesce(struct tcp_sock *tp)
 			 * Decrease num_sacks.
 			 */
 			tp->rx_opt.num_sacks--;
-			tp->rx_opt.eff_sacks = tp->rx_opt.num_sacks +
-					       tp->rx_opt.dsack;
 			for (i = this_sack; i < tp->rx_opt.num_sacks; i++)
 				sp[i] = sp[i + 1];
 			continue;
@@ -4218,7 +4215,6 @@ new_sack:
 	sp->start_seq = seq;
 	sp->end_seq = end_seq;
 	tp->rx_opt.num_sacks++;
-	tp->rx_opt.eff_sacks = tp->rx_opt.num_sacks + tp->rx_opt.dsack;
 }
 
 /* RCV.NXT advances, some SACKs should be eaten. */
@@ -4232,7 +4228,6 @@ static void tcp_sack_remove(struct tcp_sock *tp)
 	/* Empty ofo queue, hence, all the SACKs are eaten. Clear. */
 	if (skb_queue_empty(&tp->out_of_order_queue)) {
 		tp->rx_opt.num_sacks = 0;
-		tp->rx_opt.eff_sacks = tp->rx_opt.dsack;
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -4253,11 +4248,8 @@ static void tcp_sack_remove(struct tcp_sock *tp)
 		this_sack++;
 		sp++;
 	}
-	if (num_sacks != tp->rx_opt.num_sacks) {
+	if (num_sacks != tp->rx_opt.num_sacks)
 		tp->rx_opt.num_sacks = num_sacks;
-		tp->rx_opt.eff_sacks = tp->rx_opt.num_sacks +
-				       tp->rx_opt.dsack;
-	}
 }
 
 /* This one checks to see if we can put data from the
@@ -4333,10 +4325,8 @@ static void tcp_data_queue(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	TCP_ECN_accept_cwr(tp, skb);
 
-	if (tp->rx_opt.dsack) {
+	if (tp->rx_opt.dsack)
 		tp->rx_opt.dsack = 0;
-		tp->rx_opt.eff_sacks = tp->rx_opt.num_sacks;
-	}
 
 	/*  Queue data for delivery to the user.
 	 *  Packets in sequence go to the receive queue.
@@ -4456,7 +4446,6 @@ drop:
 		if (tcp_is_sack(tp)) {
 			tp->rx_opt.num_sacks = 1;
 			tp->rx_opt.dsack     = 0;
-			tp->rx_opt.eff_sacks = 1;
 			tp->selective_acks[0].start_seq = TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->seq;
 			tp->selective_acks[0].end_seq =
 						TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->end_seq;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
index f67effbb102b..bb3d8b35f19a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
@@ -434,9 +434,8 @@ struct sock *tcp_create_openreq_child(struct sock *sk, struct request_sock *req,
 		newtp->rx_opt.saw_tstamp = 0;
 
 		newtp->rx_opt.dsack = 0;
-		newtp->rx_opt.eff_sacks = 0;
-
 		newtp->rx_opt.num_sacks = 0;
+
 		newtp->urg_data = 0;
 
 		if (sock_flag(newsk, SOCK_KEEPOPEN))
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index 61445b57610c..1555bb73b638 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -441,10 +441,8 @@ static void tcp_options_write(__be32 *ptr, struct tcp_sock *tp,
 			*ptr++ = htonl(sp[this_sack].end_seq);
 		}
 
-		if (tp->rx_opt.dsack) {
+		if (tp->rx_opt.dsack)
 			tp->rx_opt.dsack = 0;
-			tp->rx_opt.eff_sacks = tp->rx_opt.num_sacks;
-		}
 	}
 }
 
@@ -550,6 +548,7 @@ static unsigned tcp_established_options(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	struct tcp_skb_cb *tcb = skb ? TCP_SKB_CB(skb) : NULL;
 	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 	unsigned size = 0;
+	unsigned int eff_sacks;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TCP_MD5SIG
 	*md5 = tp->af_specific->md5_lookup(sk, sk);
@@ -568,10 +567,11 @@ static unsigned tcp_established_options(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		size += TCPOLEN_TSTAMP_ALIGNED;
 	}
 
-	if (unlikely(tp->rx_opt.eff_sacks)) {
+	eff_sacks = tp->rx_opt.num_sacks + tp->rx_opt.dsack;
+	if (unlikely(eff_sacks)) {
 		const unsigned remaining = MAX_TCP_OPTION_SPACE - size;
 		opts->num_sack_blocks =
-			min_t(unsigned, tp->rx_opt.eff_sacks,
+			min_t(unsigned, eff_sacks,
 			      (remaining - TCPOLEN_SACK_BASE_ALIGNED) /
 			      TCPOLEN_SACK_PERBLOCK);
 		size += TCPOLEN_SACK_BASE_ALIGNED +
@@ -1418,7 +1418,7 @@ static int tcp_mtu_probe(struct sock *sk)
 	    icsk->icsk_mtup.probe_size ||
 	    inet_csk(sk)->icsk_ca_state != TCP_CA_Open ||
 	    tp->snd_cwnd < 11 ||
-	    tp->rx_opt.eff_sacks)
+	    tp->rx_opt.num_sacks || tp->rx_opt.dsack)
 		return -1;
 
 	/* Very simple search strategy: just double the MSS. */