diff --git a/net/tipc/socket.c b/net/tipc/socket.c
index 4c618c2b871d..9329919fb07f 100644
--- a/net/tipc/socket.c
+++ b/net/tipc/socket.c
@@ -2233,6 +2233,8 @@ static bool tipc_sk_filter_connect(struct tipc_sock *tsk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		if (skb_queue_empty(&sk->sk_write_queue))
 			break;
 		get_random_bytes(&delay, 2);
+		if (tsk->conn_timeout < 4)
+			tsk->conn_timeout = 4;
 		delay %= (tsk->conn_timeout / 4);
 		delay = msecs_to_jiffies(delay + 100);
 		sk_reset_timer(sk, &sk->sk_timer, jiffies + delay);