diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index 00afbb0c7e5fa1289c6dbfa2f79c841880733ca4..f181b78f2385b962588f262befeb8d597570faa4 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -349,7 +349,6 @@ static inline void TCP_ECN_send(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
  */
 static void tcp_init_nondata_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 seq, u8 flags)
 {
-	skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_PARTIAL;
 	skb->csum = 0;
 
 	TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->flags = flags;