diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index 1d79137..47fe075 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -3326,7 +3326,7 @@ static void tcp_connect_init(struct sock *sk)
 	tp->rcv_wup = tp->rcv_nxt;
 	tp->copied_seq = tp->rcv_nxt;
 
-	inet_csk(sk)->icsk_rto = TCP_TIMEOUT_INIT;
+	inet_csk(sk)->icsk_rto = tcp_timeout_init(sk);
 	inet_csk(sk)->icsk_retransmits = 0;
 	tcp_clear_retrans(tp);
 }