diff --git a/net/tipc/bcast.c b/net/tipc/bcast.c
index 3ce690a96ee9..50a16f8bebd9 100644
--- a/net/tipc/bcast.c
+++ b/net/tipc/bcast.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #define BCLINK_WIN_MIN      32	/* bcast minimum link window size */
 
 const char tipc_bclink_name[] = "broadcast-link";
+unsigned long sysctl_tipc_bc_retruni __read_mostly;
 
 /**
  * struct tipc_bc_base - base structure for keeping broadcast send state
@@ -474,7 +475,7 @@ void tipc_bcast_ack_rcv(struct net *net, struct tipc_link *l,
 	__skb_queue_head_init(&xmitq);
 
 	tipc_bcast_lock(net);
-	tipc_link_bc_ack_rcv(l, acked, 0, NULL, &xmitq);
+	tipc_link_bc_ack_rcv(l, acked, 0, NULL, &xmitq, NULL);
 	tipc_bcast_unlock(net);
 
 	tipc_bcbase_xmit(net, &xmitq);
@@ -489,7 +490,8 @@ void tipc_bcast_ack_rcv(struct net *net, struct tipc_link *l,
  * RCU is locked, no other locks set
  */
 int tipc_bcast_sync_rcv(struct net *net, struct tipc_link *l,
-			struct tipc_msg *hdr)
+			struct tipc_msg *hdr,
+			struct sk_buff_head *retrq)
 {
 	struct sk_buff_head *inputq = &tipc_bc_base(net)->inputq;
 	struct tipc_gap_ack_blks *ga;
@@ -503,8 +505,11 @@ int tipc_bcast_sync_rcv(struct net *net, struct tipc_link *l,
 		tipc_link_bc_init_rcv(l, hdr);
 	} else if (!msg_bc_ack_invalid(hdr)) {
 		tipc_get_gap_ack_blks(&ga, l, hdr, false);
+		if (!sysctl_tipc_bc_retruni)
+			retrq = &xmitq;
 		rc = tipc_link_bc_ack_rcv(l, msg_bcast_ack(hdr),
-					  msg_bc_gap(hdr), ga, &xmitq);
+					  msg_bc_gap(hdr), ga, &xmitq,
+					  retrq);
 		rc |= tipc_link_bc_sync_rcv(l, hdr, &xmitq);
 	}
 	tipc_bcast_unlock(net);
diff --git a/net/tipc/bcast.h b/net/tipc/bcast.h
index 9e847d9617d3..97d3cf9d3e4d 100644
--- a/net/tipc/bcast.h
+++ b/net/tipc/bcast.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ struct tipc_nl_msg;
 struct tipc_nlist;
 struct tipc_nitem;
 extern const char tipc_bclink_name[];
+extern unsigned long sysctl_tipc_bc_retruni;
 
 #define TIPC_METHOD_EXPIRE msecs_to_jiffies(5000)
 
@@ -93,7 +94,8 @@ int tipc_bcast_rcv(struct net *net, struct tipc_link *l, struct sk_buff *skb);
 void tipc_bcast_ack_rcv(struct net *net, struct tipc_link *l,
 			struct tipc_msg *hdr);
 int tipc_bcast_sync_rcv(struct net *net, struct tipc_link *l,
-			struct tipc_msg *hdr);
+			struct tipc_msg *hdr,
+			struct sk_buff_head *retrq);
 int tipc_nl_add_bc_link(struct net *net, struct tipc_nl_msg *msg);
 int tipc_nl_bc_link_set(struct net *net, struct nlattr *attrs[]);
 int tipc_bclink_reset_stats(struct net *net);
diff --git a/net/tipc/link.c b/net/tipc/link.c
index 288c5670cfa5..af352391e2ab 100644
--- a/net/tipc/link.c
+++ b/net/tipc/link.c
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ void tipc_link_remove_bc_peer(struct tipc_link *snd_l,
 	snd_l->ackers--;
 	rcv_l->bc_peer_is_up = true;
 	rcv_l->state = LINK_ESTABLISHED;
-	tipc_link_bc_ack_rcv(rcv_l, ack, 0, NULL, xmitq);
+	tipc_link_bc_ack_rcv(rcv_l, ack, 0, NULL, xmitq, NULL);
 	trace_tipc_link_reset(rcv_l, TIPC_DUMP_ALL, "bclink removed!");
 	tipc_link_reset(rcv_l);
 	rcv_l->state = LINK_RESET;
@@ -2400,7 +2400,8 @@ int tipc_link_bc_sync_rcv(struct tipc_link *l, struct tipc_msg *hdr,
 
 int tipc_link_bc_ack_rcv(struct tipc_link *r, u16 acked, u16 gap,
 			 struct tipc_gap_ack_blks *ga,
-			 struct sk_buff_head *xmitq)
+			 struct sk_buff_head *xmitq,
+			 struct sk_buff_head *retrq)
 {
 	struct tipc_link *l = r->bc_sndlink;
 	bool unused = false;
@@ -2413,7 +2414,7 @@ int tipc_link_bc_ack_rcv(struct tipc_link *r, u16 acked, u16 gap,
 		return 0;
 
 	trace_tipc_link_bc_ack(r, acked, gap, &l->transmq);
-	tipc_link_advance_transmq(l, r, acked, gap, ga, xmitq, &unused, &rc);
+	tipc_link_advance_transmq(l, r, acked, gap, ga, retrq, &unused, &rc);
 
 	tipc_link_advance_backlog(l, xmitq);
 	if (unlikely(!skb_queue_empty(&l->wakeupq)))
@@ -2447,7 +2448,8 @@ int tipc_link_bc_nack_rcv(struct tipc_link *l, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		return 0;
 
 	if (dnode == tipc_own_addr(l->net)) {
-		rc = tipc_link_bc_ack_rcv(l, acked, to - acked, NULL, xmitq);
+		rc = tipc_link_bc_ack_rcv(l, acked, to - acked, NULL, xmitq,
+					  xmitq);
 		l->stats.recv_nacks++;
 		return rc;
 	}
diff --git a/net/tipc/link.h b/net/tipc/link.h
index 0a0fa7350722..4d0768cf91d5 100644
--- a/net/tipc/link.h
+++ b/net/tipc/link.h
@@ -147,7 +147,8 @@ u16 tipc_get_gap_ack_blks(struct tipc_gap_ack_blks **ga, struct tipc_link *l,
 			  struct tipc_msg *hdr, bool uc);
 int tipc_link_bc_ack_rcv(struct tipc_link *l, u16 acked, u16 gap,
 			 struct tipc_gap_ack_blks *ga,
-			 struct sk_buff_head *xmitq);
+			 struct sk_buff_head *xmitq,
+			 struct sk_buff_head *retrq);
 void tipc_link_build_bc_sync_msg(struct tipc_link *l,
 				 struct sk_buff_head *xmitq);
 void tipc_link_bc_init_rcv(struct tipc_link *l, struct tipc_msg *hdr);
diff --git a/net/tipc/node.c b/net/tipc/node.c
index 6a49b3eeaae9..548207fdec15 100644
--- a/net/tipc/node.c
+++ b/net/tipc/node.c
@@ -1772,7 +1772,7 @@ static void tipc_node_bc_sync_rcv(struct tipc_node *n, struct tipc_msg *hdr,
 	struct tipc_link *ucl;
 	int rc;
 
-	rc = tipc_bcast_sync_rcv(n->net, n->bc_entry.link, hdr);
+	rc = tipc_bcast_sync_rcv(n->net, n->bc_entry.link, hdr, xmitq);
 
 	if (rc & TIPC_LINK_DOWN_EVT) {
 		tipc_node_reset_links(n);
diff --git a/net/tipc/sysctl.c b/net/tipc/sysctl.c
index 58ab3d6dcdce..97a6264a2993 100644
--- a/net/tipc/sysctl.c
+++ b/net/tipc/sysctl.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@
 #include "core.h"
 #include "trace.h"
 #include "crypto.h"
-
+#include "bcast.h"
 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
 
 static struct ctl_table_header *tipc_ctl_hdr;
@@ -75,6 +75,13 @@ static struct ctl_table tipc_table[] = {
 		.extra1         = SYSCTL_ONE,
 	},
 #endif
+	{
+		.procname	= "bc_retruni",
+		.data		= &sysctl_tipc_bc_retruni,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(sysctl_tipc_bc_retruni),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= proc_doulongvec_minmax,
+	},
 	{}
 };