diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 66e55e51c550..7529c2816f2f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -2183,8 +2183,7 @@ static bool tcp_time_to_recover(struct sock *sk, int flag)
 }
 
 /* Detect loss in event "A" above by marking head of queue up as lost.
- * For non-SACK(Reno) senders, the first "packets" number of segments
- * are considered lost. For RFC3517 SACK, a segment is considered lost if it
+ * For RFC3517 SACK, a segment is considered lost if it
  * has at least tp->reordering SACKed seqments above it; "packets" refers to
  * the maximum SACKed segments to pass before reaching this limit.
  */
@@ -2192,10 +2191,9 @@ static void tcp_mark_head_lost(struct sock *sk, int packets, int mark_head)
 {
 	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
-	int cnt, oldcnt, lost;
-	unsigned int mss;
+	int cnt;
 	/* Use SACK to deduce losses of new sequences sent during recovery */
-	const u32 loss_high = tcp_is_sack(tp) ?  tp->snd_nxt : tp->high_seq;
+	const u32 loss_high = tp->snd_nxt;
 
 	WARN_ON(packets > tp->packets_out);
 	skb = tp->lost_skb_hint;
@@ -2218,26 +2216,11 @@ static void tcp_mark_head_lost(struct sock *sk, int packets, int mark_head)
 		if (after(TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->end_seq, loss_high))
 			break;
 
-		oldcnt = cnt;
-		if (tcp_is_reno(tp) ||
-		    (TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->sacked & TCPCB_SACKED_ACKED))
+		if (TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->sacked & TCPCB_SACKED_ACKED)
 			cnt += tcp_skb_pcount(skb);
 
-		if (cnt > packets) {
-			if (tcp_is_sack(tp) ||
-			    (TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->sacked & TCPCB_SACKED_ACKED) ||
-			    (oldcnt >= packets))
-				break;
-
-			mss = tcp_skb_mss(skb);
-			/* If needed, chop off the prefix to mark as lost. */
-			lost = (packets - oldcnt) * mss;
-			if (lost < skb->len &&
-			    tcp_fragment(sk, TCP_FRAG_IN_RTX_QUEUE, skb,
-					 lost, mss, GFP_ATOMIC) < 0)
-				break;
-			cnt = packets;
-		}
+		if (cnt > packets)
+			break;
 
 		tcp_skb_mark_lost(tp, skb);
 
@@ -2849,8 +2832,7 @@ static void tcp_fastretrans_alert(struct sock *sk, const u32 prior_snd_una,
 			if (tcp_try_undo_partial(sk, prior_snd_una))
 				return;
 			/* Partial ACK arrived. Force fast retransmit. */
-			do_lost = tcp_is_reno(tp) ||
-				  tcp_force_fast_retransmit(sk);
+			do_lost = tcp_force_fast_retransmit(sk);
 		}
 		if (tcp_try_undo_dsack(sk)) {
 			tcp_try_keep_open(sk);