diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index b9e429d2d1de..889c89362bfc 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -923,7 +923,7 @@ static void tcp_init_metrics(struct sock *sk)
 	}
 	if (dst_metric(dst, RTAX_RTTVAR) > tp->mdev) {
 		tp->mdev = dst_metric(dst, RTAX_RTTVAR);
-		tp->mdev_max = tp->rttvar = max(tp->mdev, TCP_RTO_MIN);
+		tp->mdev_max = tp->rttvar = max(tp->mdev, tcp_rto_min(sk));
 	}
 	tcp_set_rto(sk);
 	tcp_bound_rto(sk);