diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index bdaef7fd6e47..8b45794eb6b2 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -2776,7 +2776,7 @@ void tcp_xmit_retransmit_queue(struct sock *sk)
 
 	max_segs = tcp_tso_autosize(sk, tcp_current_mss(sk));
 	tcp_for_write_queue_from(skb, sk) {
-		__u8 sacked = TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->sacked;
+		__u8 sacked;
 		int segs;
 
 		if (skb == tcp_send_head(sk))
@@ -2788,6 +2788,7 @@ void tcp_xmit_retransmit_queue(struct sock *sk)
 		segs = tp->snd_cwnd - tcp_packets_in_flight(tp);
 		if (segs <= 0)
 			return;
+		sacked = TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->sacked;
 		/* In case tcp_shift_skb_data() have aggregated large skbs,
 		 * we need to make sure not sending too bigs TSO packets
 		 */