diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c b/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c
index 12808dac923a..c96866a53a66 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c
@@ -818,6 +818,11 @@ int __inet_hash_connect(struct inet_timewait_death_row *death_row,
 	return -EADDRNOTAVAIL;
 
 ok:
+	/* If our first attempt found a candidate, skip next candidate
+	 * in 1/16 of cases to add some noise.
+	 */
+	if (!i && !(prandom_u32() % 16))
+		i = 2;
 	WRITE_ONCE(table_perturb[index], READ_ONCE(table_perturb[index]) + i + 2);
 
 	/* Head lock still held and bh's disabled */