diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index e5ff4083870d..3e097e39d4d2 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -1535,6 +1535,7 @@ static inline void tcp_write_queue_purge(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 
+	tcp_chrono_stop(sk, TCP_CHRONO_BUSY);
 	while ((skb = __skb_dequeue(&sk->sk_write_queue)) != NULL)
 		sk_wmem_free_skb(sk, skb);
 	sk_mem_reclaim(sk);
@@ -1593,8 +1594,10 @@ static inline void tcp_advance_send_head(struct sock *sk, const struct sk_buff *
 
 static inline void tcp_check_send_head(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb_unlinked)
 {
-	if (sk->sk_send_head == skb_unlinked)
+	if (sk->sk_send_head == skb_unlinked) {
 		sk->sk_send_head = NULL;
+		tcp_chrono_stop(sk, TCP_CHRONO_BUSY);
+	}
 	if (tcp_sk(sk)->highest_sack == skb_unlinked)
 		tcp_sk(sk)->highest_sack = NULL;
 }
@@ -1616,6 +1619,7 @@ static inline void tcp_add_write_queue_tail(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb
 	/* Queue it, remembering where we must start sending. */
 	if (sk->sk_send_head == NULL) {
 		sk->sk_send_head = skb;
+		tcp_chrono_start(sk, TCP_CHRONO_BUSY);
 
 		if (tcp_sk(sk)->highest_sack == NULL)
 			tcp_sk(sk)->highest_sack = skb;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 22e6a2097ff6..a5d172761610 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -3178,6 +3178,9 @@ static int tcp_clean_rtx_queue(struct sock *sk, int prior_fackets,
 			tp->lost_skb_hint = NULL;
 	}
 
+	if (!skb)
+		tcp_chrono_stop(sk, TCP_CHRONO_BUSY);
+
 	if (likely(between(tp->snd_up, prior_snd_una, tp->snd_una)))
 		tp->snd_up = tp->snd_una;
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index 34f751776a01..e8ea584106e0 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -2096,8 +2096,8 @@ void tcp_chrono_start(struct sock *sk, const enum tcp_chrono type)
 	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 
 	/* If there are multiple conditions worthy of tracking in a
-	 * chronograph then the highest priority enum takes precedence over
-	 * the other conditions. So that if something "more interesting"
+	 * chronograph then the highest priority enum takes precedence
+	 * over the other conditions. So that if something "more interesting"
 	 * starts happening, stop the previous chrono and start a new one.
 	 */
 	if (type > tp->chrono_type)
@@ -2108,7 +2108,18 @@ void tcp_chrono_stop(struct sock *sk, const enum tcp_chrono type)
 {
 	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 
-	tcp_chrono_set(tp, TCP_CHRONO_UNSPEC);
+
+	/* There are multiple conditions worthy of tracking in a
+	 * chronograph, so that the highest priority enum takes
+	 * precedence over the other conditions (see tcp_chrono_start).
+	 * If a condition stops, we only stop chrono tracking if
+	 * it's the "most interesting" or current chrono we are
+	 * tracking and starts busy chrono if we have pending data.
+	 */
+	if (tcp_write_queue_empty(sk))
+		tcp_chrono_set(tp, TCP_CHRONO_UNSPEC);
+	else if (type == tp->chrono_type)
+		tcp_chrono_set(tp, TCP_CHRONO_BUSY);
 }
 
 /* This routine writes packets to the network.  It advances the
@@ -3328,6 +3339,8 @@ static int tcp_send_syn_data(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *syn)
 	fo->copied = space;
 
 	tcp_connect_queue_skb(sk, syn_data);
+	if (syn_data->len)
+		tcp_chrono_start(sk, TCP_CHRONO_BUSY);
 
 	err = tcp_transmit_skb(sk, syn_data, 1, sk->sk_allocation);