diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index 06a0c89ffe40..822962ece284 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -1395,7 +1395,8 @@ int tcp_fragment(struct sock *sk, enum tcp_queue tcp_queue,
 	/* Link BUFF into the send queue. */
 	__skb_header_release(buff);
 	tcp_insert_write_queue_after(skb, buff, sk, tcp_queue);
-	list_add(&buff->tcp_tsorted_anchor, &skb->tcp_tsorted_anchor);
+	if (tcp_queue == TCP_FRAG_IN_RTX_QUEUE)
+		list_add(&buff->tcp_tsorted_anchor, &skb->tcp_tsorted_anchor);
 
 	return 0;
 }