diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index 823003eef3a2..478909f4694d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -3180,13 +3180,8 @@ struct sk_buff *tcp_make_synack(const struct sock *sk, struct dst_entry *dst,
 	th->source = htons(ireq->ir_num);
 	th->dest = ireq->ir_rmt_port;
 	skb->mark = ireq->ir_mark;
-	/* Setting of flags are superfluous here for callers (and ECE is
-	 * not even correctly set)
-	 */
-	tcp_init_nondata_skb(skb, tcp_rsk(req)->snt_isn,
-			     TCPHDR_SYN | TCPHDR_ACK);
-
-	th->seq = htonl(TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->seq);
+	skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_PARTIAL;
+	th->seq = htonl(tcp_rsk(req)->snt_isn);
 	/* XXX data is queued and acked as is. No buffer/window check */
 	th->ack_seq = htonl(tcp_rsk(req)->rcv_nxt);