if (skb->len != tcp_header_size)
                tcp_event_data_sent(tp, skb, sk);
 
-       TCP_INC_STATS(TCP_MIB_OUTSEGS);
+       if (after(tcb->end_seq, tp->snd_nxt) || tcb->seq == tcb->end_seq)
+               TCP_INC_STATS(TCP_MIB_OUTSEGS);
 
        err = icsk->icsk_af_ops->queue_xmit(skb, 0);
        if (likely(err <= 0))
        skb_shinfo(buff)->gso_size = 0;
        skb_shinfo(buff)->gso_type = 0;
        buff->csum = 0;
+       tp->snd_nxt = tp->write_seq;
        TCP_SKB_CB(buff)->seq = tp->write_seq++;
        TCP_SKB_CB(buff)->end_seq = tp->write_seq;
-       tp->snd_nxt = tp->write_seq;
-       tp->pushed_seq = tp->write_seq;
 
        /* Send it off. */
        TCP_SKB_CB(buff)->when = tcp_time_stamp;
        sk_charge_skb(sk, buff);
        tp->packets_out += tcp_skb_pcount(buff);
        tcp_transmit_skb(sk, buff, 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+
+       /* We change tp->snd_nxt after the tcp_transmit_skb() call
+        * in order to make this packet get counted in tcpOutSegs.
+        */
+       tp->snd_nxt = tp->write_seq;
+       tp->pushed_seq = tp->write_seq;
        TCP_INC_STATS(TCP_MIB_ACTIVEOPENS);
 
        /* Timer for repeating the SYN until an answer. */