diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index f3b6c8f53e07d..1b10c54ce4718 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -3431,16 +3431,23 @@ static int do_tcp_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
 		break;
 
 	case TCP_QUEUE_SEQ:
-		if (sk->sk_state != TCP_CLOSE)
+		if (sk->sk_state != TCP_CLOSE) {
 			err = -EPERM;
-		else if (tp->repair_queue == TCP_SEND_QUEUE)
-			WRITE_ONCE(tp->write_seq, val);
-		else if (tp->repair_queue == TCP_RECV_QUEUE) {
-			WRITE_ONCE(tp->rcv_nxt, val);
-			WRITE_ONCE(tp->copied_seq, val);
-		}
-		else
+		} else if (tp->repair_queue == TCP_SEND_QUEUE) {
+			if (!tcp_rtx_queue_empty(sk))
+				err = -EPERM;
+			else
+				WRITE_ONCE(tp->write_seq, val);
+		} else if (tp->repair_queue == TCP_RECV_QUEUE) {
+			if (tp->rcv_nxt != tp->copied_seq) {
+				err = -EPERM;
+			} else {
+				WRITE_ONCE(tp->rcv_nxt, val);
+				WRITE_ONCE(tp->copied_seq, val);
+			}
+		} else {
 			err = -EINVAL;
+		}
 		break;
 
 	case TCP_REPAIR_OPTIONS: