diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 63417c400b53..f7b3e37d2198 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -1043,17 +1043,6 @@ void tcp_mark_skb_lost(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	}
 }
 
-static void tcp_skb_mark_lost(struct tcp_sock *tp, struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	if (!(TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->sacked & (TCPCB_LOST|TCPCB_SACKED_ACKED))) {
-		tcp_verify_retransmit_hint(tp, skb);
-
-		tp->lost_out += tcp_skb_pcount(skb);
-		tcp_sum_lost(tp, skb);
-		TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->sacked |= TCPCB_LOST;
-	}
-}
-
 /* Updates the delivered and delivered_ce counts */
 static void tcp_count_delivered(struct tcp_sock *tp, u32 delivered,
 				bool ece_ack)
@@ -2308,7 +2297,8 @@ static void tcp_mark_head_lost(struct sock *sk, int packets, int mark_head)
 		if (cnt > packets)
 			break;
 
-		tcp_skb_mark_lost(tp, skb);
+		if (!(TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->sacked & TCPCB_LOST))
+			tcp_mark_skb_lost(sk, skb);
 
 		if (mark_head)
 			break;