/* Receive-phase ACK management (ACKs we send). */
        u8                      ackr_reason;    /* reason to ACK */
        rxrpc_serial_t          ackr_serial;    /* serial of packet being ACK'd */
-       rxrpc_seq_t             ackr_prev_seq;  /* previous sequence number received */
+       rxrpc_seq_t             ackr_highest_seq; /* Higest sequence number received */
        rxrpc_seq_t             ackr_consumed;  /* Highest packet shown consumed */
        rxrpc_seq_t             ackr_seen;      /* Highest packet shown seen */
 
        /* Transmission-phase ACK management (ACKs we've received). */
        ktime_t                 acks_latest_ts; /* Timestamp of latest ACK received */
        rxrpc_seq_t             acks_first_seq; /* first sequence number received */
-       rxrpc_seq_t             acks_prev_seq;  /* previous sequence number received */
+       rxrpc_seq_t             acks_prev_seq;  /* Highest previousPacket received */
        rxrpc_seq_t             acks_lowest_nak; /* Lowest NACK in the buffer (or ==tx_hard_ack) */
        rxrpc_seq_t             acks_lost_top;  /* tx_top at the time lost-ack ping sent */
        rxrpc_serial_t          acks_lost_ping; /* Serial number of probe ACK */
 
            !rxrpc_receiving_reply(call))
                goto unlock;
 
-       call->ackr_prev_seq = seq0;
        hard_ack = READ_ONCE(call->rx_hard_ack);
 
        nr_subpackets = sp->nr_subpackets;
                        ack_serial = serial;
                }
 
+               if (after(seq0, call->ackr_highest_seq))
+                       call->ackr_highest_seq = seq0;
+
                /* Queue the packet.  We use a couple of memory barriers here as need
                 * to make sure that rx_top is perceived to be set after the buffer
                 * pointer and that the buffer pointer is set after the annotation and
 
        pkt->ack.bufferSpace    = htons(8);
        pkt->ack.maxSkew        = htons(0);
        pkt->ack.firstPacket    = htonl(hard_ack + 1);
-       pkt->ack.previousPacket = htonl(call->ackr_prev_seq);
+       pkt->ack.previousPacket = htonl(call->ackr_highest_seq);
        pkt->ack.serial         = htonl(serial);
        pkt->ack.reason         = reason;
        pkt->ack.nAcks          = top - hard_ack;