diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 8a39ee794891..716938313a32 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -1087,8 +1087,7 @@ ssize_t do_tcp_sendpages(struct sock *sk, struct page *page, int offset,
 		goto out;
 out_err:
 	/* make sure we wake any epoll edge trigger waiter */
-	if (unlikely(skb_queue_len(&sk->sk_write_queue) == 0 &&
-		     err == -EAGAIN)) {
+	if (unlikely(tcp_rtx_and_write_queues_empty(sk) && err == -EAGAIN)) {
 		sk->sk_write_space(sk);
 		tcp_chrono_stop(sk, TCP_CHRONO_SNDBUF_LIMITED);
 	}
@@ -1419,8 +1418,7 @@ int tcp_sendmsg_locked(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t size)
 	sock_zerocopy_put_abort(uarg, true);
 	err = sk_stream_error(sk, flags, err);
 	/* make sure we wake any epoll edge trigger waiter */
-	if (unlikely(skb_queue_len(&sk->sk_write_queue) == 0 &&
-		     err == -EAGAIN)) {
+	if (unlikely(tcp_rtx_and_write_queues_empty(sk) && err == -EAGAIN)) {
 		sk->sk_write_space(sk);
 		tcp_chrono_stop(sk, TCP_CHRONO_SNDBUF_LIMITED);
 	}