diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index e22b4f0305a3..a8af9ae00177 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -254,6 +254,12 @@ static inline int between(__u32 seq1, __u32 seq2, __u32 seq3)
 	return seq3 - seq2 >= seq1 - seq2;
 }
 
+static inline int tcp_too_many_orphans(struct sock *sk, int num)
+{
+	return (num > sysctl_tcp_max_orphans) ||
+		(sk->sk_wmem_queued > SOCK_MIN_SNDBUF &&
+		 atomic_read(&tcp_memory_allocated) > sysctl_tcp_mem[2]);
+}
 
 extern struct proto tcp_prot;
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index bd4c295f5d79..766314505c09 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -1674,9 +1674,8 @@ adjudge_to_death:
 	}
 	if (sk->sk_state != TCP_CLOSE) {
 		sk_stream_mem_reclaim(sk);
-		if (atomic_read(sk->sk_prot->orphan_count) > sysctl_tcp_max_orphans ||
-		    (sk->sk_wmem_queued > SOCK_MIN_SNDBUF &&
-		     atomic_read(&tcp_memory_allocated) > sysctl_tcp_mem[2])) {
+		if (tcp_too_many_orphans(sk,
+				atomic_read(sk->sk_prot->orphan_count))) {
 			if (net_ratelimit())
 				printk(KERN_INFO "TCP: too many of orphaned "
 				       "sockets\n");
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
index 2ca97b20929d..e61340150ba6 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
@@ -78,9 +78,7 @@ static int tcp_out_of_resources(struct sock *sk, int do_reset)
 	if (sk->sk_err_soft)
 		orphans <<= 1;
 
-	if (orphans >= sysctl_tcp_max_orphans ||
-	    (sk->sk_wmem_queued > SOCK_MIN_SNDBUF &&
-	     atomic_read(&tcp_memory_allocated) > sysctl_tcp_mem[2])) {
+	if (tcp_too_many_orphans(sk, orphans)) {
 		if (net_ratelimit())
 			printk(KERN_INFO "Out of socket memory\n");