diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 06fe1cf645d5a3..8afb0950a69790 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -253,6 +253,19 @@ static void tcp_measure_rcv_mss(struct sock *sk, const struct sk_buff *skb)
 		if (unlikely(len > icsk->icsk_ack.rcv_mss +
 				   MAX_TCP_OPTION_SPACE))
 			tcp_gro_dev_warn(sk, skb, len);
+		/* If the skb has a len of exactly 1*MSS and has the PSH bit
+		 * set then it is likely the end of an application write. So
+		 * more data may not be arriving soon, and yet the data sender
+		 * may be waiting for an ACK if cwnd-bound or using TX zero
+		 * copy. So we set ICSK_ACK_PUSHED here so that
+		 * tcp_cleanup_rbuf() will send an ACK immediately if the app
+		 * reads all of the data and is not ping-pong. If len > MSS
+		 * then this logic does not matter (and does not hurt) because
+		 * tcp_cleanup_rbuf() will always ACK immediately if the app
+		 * reads data and there is more than an MSS of unACKed data.
+		 */
+		if (TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->tcp_flags & TCPHDR_PSH)
+			icsk->icsk_ack.pending |= ICSK_ACK_PUSHED;
 	} else {
 		/* Otherwise, we make more careful check taking into account,
 		 * that SACKs block is variable.