diff --git a/net/dccp/dccp.h b/net/dccp/dccp.h
index 60f4f9622ab397362fc147f3eb76ac1a873f2117..3eb264b608239c74c16d27625cc4b3b5199a3ef8 100644
--- a/net/dccp/dccp.h
+++ b/net/dccp/dccp.h
@@ -459,8 +459,7 @@ static inline void dccp_update_gss(struct sock *sk, u64 seq)
 static inline int dccp_ack_pending(const struct sock *sk)
 {
 	const struct dccp_sock *dp = dccp_sk(sk);
-	return dp->dccps_timestamp_echo != 0 ||
-	       (dp->dccps_hc_rx_ackvec != NULL &&
+	return (dp->dccps_hc_rx_ackvec != NULL &&
 		dccp_ackvec_pending(dp->dccps_hc_rx_ackvec)) ||
 	       inet_csk_ack_scheduled(sk);
 }
diff --git a/net/dccp/options.c b/net/dccp/options.c
index d4b1ae0daacbd6e76774b6cb1005a421a8a80ce9..cd306181300940f924b682c9f77e5881323ce6a0 100644
--- a/net/dccp/options.c
+++ b/net/dccp/options.c
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ int dccp_parse_options(struct sock *sk, struct dccp_request_sock *dreq,
 				      dccp_role(sk), ntohl(opt_val),
 				      (unsigned long long)
 				      DCCP_SKB_CB(skb)->dccpd_ack_seq);
+			/* schedule an Ack in case this sender is quiescent */
+			inet_csk_schedule_ack(sk);
 			break;
 		case DCCPO_TIMESTAMP_ECHO:
 			if (len != 4 && len != 6 && len != 8)