diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index f50f29faf76f..9d9111ef43ae 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -834,8 +834,8 @@ void tcp_get_available_congestion_control(char *buf, size_t len);
 void tcp_get_allowed_congestion_control(char *buf, size_t len);
 int tcp_set_allowed_congestion_control(char *allowed);
 int tcp_set_congestion_control(struct sock *sk, const char *name);
-void tcp_slow_start(struct tcp_sock *tp, u32 acked);
-void tcp_cong_avoid_ai(struct tcp_sock *tp, u32 w);
+u32 tcp_slow_start(struct tcp_sock *tp, u32 acked);
+void tcp_cong_avoid_ai(struct tcp_sock *tp, u32 w, u32 acked);
 
 u32 tcp_reno_ssthresh(struct sock *sk);
 void tcp_reno_cong_avoid(struct sock *sk, u32 ack, u32 acked);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_bic.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_bic.c
index bb395d46a389..c037644eafb7 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_bic.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_bic.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ static void bictcp_cong_avoid(struct sock *sk, u32 ack, u32 acked)
 		tcp_slow_start(tp, acked);
 	else {
 		bictcp_update(ca, tp->snd_cwnd);
-		tcp_cong_avoid_ai(tp, ca->cnt);
+		tcp_cong_avoid_ai(tp, ca->cnt, 1);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c
index 27ead0dd16bc..6826017c12d1 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_cong.c
@@ -291,25 +291,28 @@ int tcp_set_congestion_control(struct sock *sk, const char *name)
  * ABC caps N to 2. Slow start exits when cwnd grows over ssthresh and
  * returns the leftover acks to adjust cwnd in congestion avoidance mode.
  */
-void tcp_slow_start(struct tcp_sock *tp, u32 acked)
+u32 tcp_slow_start(struct tcp_sock *tp, u32 acked)
 {
 	u32 cwnd = tp->snd_cwnd + acked;
 
 	if (cwnd > tp->snd_ssthresh)
 		cwnd = tp->snd_ssthresh + 1;
+	acked -= cwnd - tp->snd_cwnd;
 	tp->snd_cwnd = min(cwnd, tp->snd_cwnd_clamp);
+
+	return acked;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tcp_slow_start);
 
 /* In theory this is tp->snd_cwnd += 1 / tp->snd_cwnd (or alternative w) */
-void tcp_cong_avoid_ai(struct tcp_sock *tp, u32 w)
+void tcp_cong_avoid_ai(struct tcp_sock *tp, u32 w, u32 acked)
 {
 	if (tp->snd_cwnd_cnt >= w) {
 		if (tp->snd_cwnd < tp->snd_cwnd_clamp)
 			tp->snd_cwnd++;
 		tp->snd_cwnd_cnt = 0;
 	} else {
-		tp->snd_cwnd_cnt++;
+		tp->snd_cwnd_cnt += acked;
 	}
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tcp_cong_avoid_ai);
@@ -333,7 +336,7 @@ void tcp_reno_cong_avoid(struct sock *sk, u32 ack, u32 acked)
 		tcp_slow_start(tp, acked);
 	/* In dangerous area, increase slowly. */
 	else
-		tcp_cong_avoid_ai(tp, tp->snd_cwnd);
+		tcp_cong_avoid_ai(tp, tp->snd_cwnd, 1);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(tcp_reno_cong_avoid);
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_cubic.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_cubic.c
index 6b6002416a73..df4bc4d87e58 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_cubic.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_cubic.c
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ static void bictcp_cong_avoid(struct sock *sk, u32 ack, u32 acked)
 		tcp_slow_start(tp, acked);
 	} else {
 		bictcp_update(ca, tp->snd_cwnd);
-		tcp_cong_avoid_ai(tp, ca->cnt);
+		tcp_cong_avoid_ai(tp, ca->cnt, 1);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_scalable.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_scalable.c
index 6824afb65d93..333bcb2415ff 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_scalable.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_scalable.c
@@ -25,7 +25,8 @@ static void tcp_scalable_cong_avoid(struct sock *sk, u32 ack, u32 acked)
 	if (tp->snd_cwnd <= tp->snd_ssthresh)
 		tcp_slow_start(tp, acked);
 	else
-		tcp_cong_avoid_ai(tp, min(tp->snd_cwnd, TCP_SCALABLE_AI_CNT));
+		tcp_cong_avoid_ai(tp, min(tp->snd_cwnd, TCP_SCALABLE_AI_CNT),
+				  1);
 }
 
 static u32 tcp_scalable_ssthresh(struct sock *sk)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_veno.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_veno.c
index a4d2d2d88dca..112151eeee45 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_veno.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_veno.c
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ static void tcp_veno_cong_avoid(struct sock *sk, u32 ack, u32 acked)
 				/* In the "non-congestive state", increase cwnd
 				 *  every rtt.
 				 */
-				tcp_cong_avoid_ai(tp, tp->snd_cwnd);
+				tcp_cong_avoid_ai(tp, tp->snd_cwnd, 1);
 			} else {
 				/* In the "congestive state", increase cwnd
 				 * every other rtt.
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_yeah.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_yeah.c
index cd7273218598..17d35662930d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_yeah.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_yeah.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static void tcp_yeah_cong_avoid(struct sock *sk, u32 ack, u32 acked)
 
 	} else {
 		/* Reno */
-		tcp_cong_avoid_ai(tp, tp->snd_cwnd);
+		tcp_cong_avoid_ai(tp, tp->snd_cwnd, 1);
 	}
 
 	/* The key players are v_vegas.beg_snd_una and v_beg_snd_nxt.