diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c
index 61c573a72db6..5a08dc46a113 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c
@@ -470,6 +470,10 @@ void tcp_init_metrics(struct sock *sk)
 	u32 val, crtt = 0; /* cached RTT scaled by 8 */
 
 	sk_dst_confirm(sk);
+	/* ssthresh may have been reduced unnecessarily during.
+	 * 3WHS. Restore it back to its initial default.
+	 */
+	tp->snd_ssthresh = TCP_INFINITE_SSTHRESH;
 	if (!dst)
 		goto reset;
 
@@ -489,11 +493,6 @@ void tcp_init_metrics(struct sock *sk)
 		tp->snd_ssthresh = val;
 		if (tp->snd_ssthresh > tp->snd_cwnd_clamp)
 			tp->snd_ssthresh = tp->snd_cwnd_clamp;
-	} else {
-		/* ssthresh may have been reduced unnecessarily during.
-		 * 3WHS. Restore it back to its initial default.
-		 */
-		tp->snd_ssthresh = TCP_INFINITE_SSTHRESH;
 	}
 	val = tcp_metric_get(tm, TCP_METRIC_REORDERING);
 	if (val && tp->reordering != val)