diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_veno.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_veno.c
index 9edb340..ec854cc 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_veno.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_veno.c
@@ -74,6 +74,9 @@
 	struct veno *veno = inet_csk_ca(sk);
 	u32 vrtt;
 
+	if (ktime_equal(last, net_invalid_timestamp()))
+		return;
+
 	/* Never allow zero rtt or baseRTT */
 	vrtt = ktime_to_us(net_timedelta(last)) + 1;