diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
index e77afaecc9818..4f76e8183f403 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
@@ -834,15 +834,24 @@ int ip_do_fragment(struct net *net, struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		/* Everything is OK. Generate! */
 		ip_fraglist_init(skb, iph, hlen, &iter);
 
-		if (iter.frag)
-			ip_options_fragment(iter.frag);
-
 		for (;;) {
 			/* Prepare header of the next frame,
 			 * before previous one went down. */
 			if (iter.frag) {
+				bool first_frag = (iter.offset == 0);
+
 				IPCB(iter.frag)->flags = IPCB(skb)->flags;
 				ip_fraglist_prepare(skb, &iter);
+				if (first_frag && IPCB(skb)->opt.optlen) {
+					/* ipcb->opt is not populated for frags
+					 * coming from __ip_make_skb(),
+					 * ip_options_fragment() needs optlen
+					 */
+					IPCB(iter.frag)->opt.optlen =
+						IPCB(skb)->opt.optlen;
+					ip_options_fragment(iter.frag);
+					ip_send_check(iter.iph);
+				}
 			}
 
 			skb->tstamp = tstamp;