diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index a336787d75e5..5424a4077c27 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -542,7 +542,6 @@ int tcp_v4_err(struct sk_buff *icmp_skb, u32 info)
 		icsk->icsk_rto = inet_csk_rto_backoff(icsk, TCP_RTO_MAX);
 
 		skb = tcp_rtx_queue_head(sk);
-		BUG_ON(!skb);
 
 		tcp_mstamp_refresh(tp);
 		delta_us = (u32)(tp->tcp_mstamp - tcp_skb_timestamp_us(skb));