diff --git a/sys/netinet/tcp_input.c b/sys/netinet/tcp_input.c
index 0cb99ce8f2c..4773c8fb3da 100644
--- a/sys/netinet/tcp_input.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/tcp_input.c
@@ -2699,7 +2699,6 @@ enter_recovery:
 						 */
 						tp->sackhint.prr_delivered =
 						    tp->sackhint.sacked_bytes;
-						tp->sackhint.sack_bytes_rexmit = 0;
 						tp->sackhint.recover_fs = max(1,
 						    tp->snd_nxt - tp->snd_una);
 					}