diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index c464ced7137e..7c2ca4df0daa 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -1822,7 +1822,7 @@ int tcp_v4_early_demux(struct sk_buff *skb)
 bool tcp_add_backlog(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		     enum skb_drop_reason *reason)
 {
-	u32 limit, tail_gso_size, tail_gso_segs;
+	u32 tail_gso_size, tail_gso_segs;
 	struct skb_shared_info *shinfo;
 	const struct tcphdr *th;
 	struct tcphdr *thtail;
@@ -1831,6 +1831,7 @@ bool tcp_add_backlog(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	bool fragstolen;
 	u32 gso_segs;
 	u32 gso_size;
+	u64 limit;
 	int delta;
 
 	/* In case all data was pulled from skb frags (in __pskb_pull_tail()),
@@ -1928,7 +1929,13 @@ bool tcp_add_backlog(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	__skb_push(skb, hdrlen);
 
 no_coalesce:
-	limit = (u32)READ_ONCE(sk->sk_rcvbuf) + (u32)(READ_ONCE(sk->sk_sndbuf) >> 1);
+	/* sk->sk_backlog.len is reset only at the end of __release_sock().
+	 * Both sk->sk_backlog.len and sk->sk_rmem_alloc could reach
+	 * sk_rcvbuf in normal conditions.
+	 */
+	limit = ((u64)READ_ONCE(sk->sk_rcvbuf)) << 1;
+
+	limit += ((u32)READ_ONCE(sk->sk_sndbuf)) >> 1;
 
 	/* Only socket owner can try to collapse/prune rx queues
 	 * to reduce memory overhead, so add a little headroom here.
@@ -1936,6 +1943,8 @@ no_coalesce:
 	 */
 	limit += 64 * 1024;
 
+	limit = min_t(u64, limit, UINT_MAX);
+
 	if (unlikely(sk_add_backlog(sk, skb, limit))) {
 		bh_unlock_sock(sk);
 		*reason = SKB_DROP_REASON_SOCKET_BACKLOG;