diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
index 808bb92..11569de 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
@@ -138,10 +138,10 @@
  * retransmissions with an initial RTO of TCP_RTO_MIN.
  */
 static bool retransmits_timed_out(struct sock *sk,
-				  unsigned int boundary)
+				  unsigned int boundary,
+				  unsigned int timeout)
 {
-	unsigned int timeout, linear_backoff_thresh;
-	unsigned int start_ts;
+	unsigned int linear_backoff_thresh, start_ts;
 
 	if (!inet_csk(sk)->icsk_retransmits)
 		return false;
@@ -151,14 +151,15 @@
 	else
 		start_ts = tcp_sk(sk)->retrans_stamp;
 
-	linear_backoff_thresh = ilog2(TCP_RTO_MAX/TCP_RTO_MIN);
+	if (likely(timeout == 0)) {
+		linear_backoff_thresh = ilog2(TCP_RTO_MAX/TCP_RTO_MIN);
 
-	if (boundary <= linear_backoff_thresh)
-		timeout = ((2 << boundary) - 1) * TCP_RTO_MIN;
-	else
-		timeout = ((2 << linear_backoff_thresh) - 1) * TCP_RTO_MIN +
-			  (boundary - linear_backoff_thresh) * TCP_RTO_MAX;
-
+		if (boundary <= linear_backoff_thresh)
+			timeout = ((2 << boundary) - 1) * TCP_RTO_MIN;
+		else
+			timeout = ((2 << linear_backoff_thresh) - 1) * TCP_RTO_MIN +
+				(boundary - linear_backoff_thresh) * TCP_RTO_MAX;
+	}
 	return (tcp_time_stamp - start_ts) >= timeout;
 }
 
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@
 			dst_negative_advice(sk);
 		retry_until = icsk->icsk_syn_retries ? : sysctl_tcp_syn_retries;
 	} else {
-		if (retransmits_timed_out(sk, sysctl_tcp_retries1)) {
+		if (retransmits_timed_out(sk, sysctl_tcp_retries1, 0)) {
 			/* Black hole detection */
 			tcp_mtu_probing(icsk, sk);
 
@@ -187,14 +188,16 @@
 
 			retry_until = tcp_orphan_retries(sk, alive);
 			do_reset = alive ||
-				   !retransmits_timed_out(sk, retry_until);
+				   !retransmits_timed_out(sk, retry_until, 0);
 
 			if (tcp_out_of_resources(sk, do_reset))
 				return 1;
 		}
 	}
 
-	if (retransmits_timed_out(sk, retry_until)) {
+	if (retransmits_timed_out(sk, retry_until,
+	    (1 << sk->sk_state) & (TCPF_SYN_SENT | TCPF_SYN_RECV) ? 0 :
+	    icsk->icsk_user_timeout)) {
 		/* Has it gone just too far? */
 		tcp_write_err(sk);
 		return 1;
@@ -436,7 +439,7 @@
 		icsk->icsk_rto = min(icsk->icsk_rto << 1, TCP_RTO_MAX);
 	}
 	inet_csk_reset_xmit_timer(sk, ICSK_TIME_RETRANS, icsk->icsk_rto, TCP_RTO_MAX);
-	if (retransmits_timed_out(sk, sysctl_tcp_retries1 + 1))
+	if (retransmits_timed_out(sk, sysctl_tcp_retries1 + 1, 0))
 		__sk_dst_reset(sk);
 
 out:;
@@ -556,7 +559,14 @@
 	elapsed = keepalive_time_elapsed(tp);
 
 	if (elapsed >= keepalive_time_when(tp)) {
-		if (icsk->icsk_probes_out >= keepalive_probes(tp)) {
+		/* If the TCP_USER_TIMEOUT option is enabled, use that
+		 * to determine when to timeout instead.
+		 */
+		if ((icsk->icsk_user_timeout != 0 &&
+		    elapsed >= icsk->icsk_user_timeout &&
+		    icsk->icsk_probes_out > 0) ||
+		    (icsk->icsk_user_timeout == 0 &&
+		    icsk->icsk_probes_out >= keepalive_probes(tp))) {
 			tcp_send_active_reset(sk, GFP_ATOMIC);
 			tcp_write_err(sk);
 			goto out;