diff --git a/include/linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_tcp.h b/include/linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_tcp.h
index 4352feed2377..ece22e94dcbf 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_tcp.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfilter/nf_conntrack_tcp.h
@@ -67,6 +67,9 @@ struct ip_ct_tcp
 	u_int32_t	last_ack;	/* Last sequence number seen in opposite dir */
 	u_int32_t	last_end;	/* Last seq + len */
 	u_int16_t	last_win;	/* Last window advertisement seen in dir */
+	/* For SYN packets while we may be out-of-sync */
+	u_int8_t	last_wscale;	/* Last window scaling factor seen */
+	u_int8_t	last_flags;	/* Last flags set */
 };
 
 #endif /* __KERNEL__ */
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_tcp.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_tcp.c
index 97a82ba75376..9cc6b5cb06af 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_tcp.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_tcp.c
@@ -908,23 +908,54 @@ static int tcp_packet(struct nf_conn *ct,
 			/* b) This SYN/ACK acknowledges a SYN that we earlier
 			 * ignored as invalid. This means that the client and
 			 * the server are both in sync, while the firewall is
-			 * not. We kill this session and block the SYN/ACK so
-			 * that the client cannot but retransmit its SYN and
-			 * thus initiate a clean new session.
+			 * not. We get in sync from the previously annotated
+			 * values.
 			 */
-			spin_unlock_bh(&ct->lock);
-			if (LOG_INVALID(net, IPPROTO_TCP))
-				nf_log_packet(pf, 0, skb, NULL, NULL, NULL,
-					  "nf_ct_tcp: killing out of sync session ");
-			nf_ct_kill(ct);
-			return NF_DROP;
+			old_state = TCP_CONNTRACK_SYN_SENT;
+			new_state = TCP_CONNTRACK_SYN_RECV;
+			ct->proto.tcp.seen[ct->proto.tcp.last_dir].td_end =
+				ct->proto.tcp.last_end;
+			ct->proto.tcp.seen[ct->proto.tcp.last_dir].td_maxend =
+				ct->proto.tcp.last_end;
+			ct->proto.tcp.seen[ct->proto.tcp.last_dir].td_maxwin =
+				ct->proto.tcp.last_win == 0 ?
+					1 : ct->proto.tcp.last_win;
+			ct->proto.tcp.seen[ct->proto.tcp.last_dir].td_scale =
+				ct->proto.tcp.last_wscale;
+			ct->proto.tcp.seen[ct->proto.tcp.last_dir].flags =
+				ct->proto.tcp.last_flags;
+			memset(&ct->proto.tcp.seen[dir], 0,
+			       sizeof(struct ip_ct_tcp_state));
+			break;
 		}
 		ct->proto.tcp.last_index = index;
 		ct->proto.tcp.last_dir = dir;
 		ct->proto.tcp.last_seq = ntohl(th->seq);
 		ct->proto.tcp.last_end =
 		    segment_seq_plus_len(ntohl(th->seq), skb->len, dataoff, th);
+		ct->proto.tcp.last_win = ntohs(th->window);
 
+		/* a) This is a SYN in ORIGINAL. The client and the server
+		 * may be in sync but we are not. In that case, we annotate
+		 * the TCP options and let the packet go through. If it is a
+		 * valid SYN packet, the server will reply with a SYN/ACK, and
+		 * then we'll get in sync. Otherwise, the server ignores it. */
+		if (index == TCP_SYN_SET && dir == IP_CT_DIR_ORIGINAL) {
+			struct ip_ct_tcp_state seen = {};
+
+			ct->proto.tcp.last_flags =
+			ct->proto.tcp.last_wscale = 0;
+			tcp_options(skb, dataoff, th, &seen);
+			if (seen.flags & IP_CT_TCP_FLAG_WINDOW_SCALE) {
+				ct->proto.tcp.last_flags |=
+					IP_CT_TCP_FLAG_WINDOW_SCALE;
+				ct->proto.tcp.last_wscale = seen.td_scale;
+			}
+			if (seen.flags & IP_CT_TCP_FLAG_SACK_PERM) {
+				ct->proto.tcp.last_flags |=
+					IP_CT_TCP_FLAG_SACK_PERM;
+			}
+		}
 		spin_unlock_bh(&ct->lock);
 		if (LOG_INVALID(net, IPPROTO_TCP))
 			nf_log_packet(pf, 0, skb, NULL, NULL, NULL,