diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 1272a88c2a63..6589e11d57b6 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -851,8 +851,7 @@ new_segment:
 wait_for_sndbuf:
 		set_bit(SOCK_NOSPACE, &sk->sk_socket->flags);
 wait_for_memory:
-		if (copied)
-			tcp_push(sk, flags & ~MSG_MORE, mss_now, TCP_NAGLE_PUSH);
+		tcp_push(sk, flags & ~MSG_MORE, mss_now, TCP_NAGLE_PUSH);
 
 		if ((err = sk_stream_wait_memory(sk, &timeo)) != 0)
 			goto do_error;