diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index 18a038d164344b..5066e4586cf09d 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -632,6 +632,7 @@ void tcp_reset(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb);
 void tcp_skb_mark_lost_uncond_verify(struct tcp_sock *tp, struct sk_buff *skb);
 void tcp_fin(struct sock *sk);
 void tcp_check_space(struct sock *sk);
+void tcp_sack_compress_send_ack(struct sock *sk);
 
 /* tcp_timer.c */
 void tcp_init_xmit_timers(struct sock *);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 61b6710f337a3a..bf8b22218dd468 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -4530,7 +4530,7 @@ static void tcp_sack_maybe_coalesce(struct tcp_sock *tp)
 	}
 }
 
-static void tcp_sack_compress_send_ack(struct sock *sk)
+void tcp_sack_compress_send_ack(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
index b839c2f91292f7..39eb947fe3920f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_timer.c
@@ -290,9 +290,19 @@ static int tcp_write_timeout(struct sock *sk)
 void tcp_delack_timer_handler(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
+	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 
-	if (((1 << sk->sk_state) & (TCPF_CLOSE | TCPF_LISTEN)) ||
-	    !(icsk->icsk_ack.pending & ICSK_ACK_TIMER))
+	if ((1 << sk->sk_state) & (TCPF_CLOSE | TCPF_LISTEN))
+		return;
+
+	/* Handling the sack compression case */
+	if (tp->compressed_ack) {
+		tcp_mstamp_refresh(tp);
+		tcp_sack_compress_send_ack(sk);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	if (!(icsk->icsk_ack.pending & ICSK_ACK_TIMER))
 		return;
 
 	if (time_after(icsk->icsk_ack.timeout, jiffies)) {
@@ -312,7 +322,7 @@ void tcp_delack_timer_handler(struct sock *sk)
 			inet_csk_exit_pingpong_mode(sk);
 			icsk->icsk_ack.ato      = TCP_ATO_MIN;
 		}
-		tcp_mstamp_refresh(tcp_sk(sk));
+		tcp_mstamp_refresh(tp);
 		tcp_send_ack(sk);
 		__NET_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), LINUX_MIB_DELAYEDACKS);
 	}