diff --git a/include/net/ip.h b/include/net/ip.h
index 81e23a102a0d..b51bae43b0dd 100644
--- a/include/net/ip.h
+++ b/include/net/ip.h
@@ -525,19 +525,18 @@ static inline void ip_select_ident_segs(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
 {
 	struct iphdr *iph = ip_hdr(skb);
 
+	/* We had many attacks based on IPID, use the private
+	 * generator as much as we can.
+	 */
+	if (sk && inet_sk(sk)->inet_daddr) {
+		iph->id = htons(inet_sk(sk)->inet_id);
+		inet_sk(sk)->inet_id += segs;
+		return;
+	}
 	if ((iph->frag_off & htons(IP_DF)) && !skb->ignore_df) {
-		/* This is only to work around buggy Windows95/2000
-		 * VJ compression implementations.  If the ID field
-		 * does not change, they drop every other packet in
-		 * a TCP stream using header compression.
-		 */
-		if (sk && inet_sk(sk)->inet_daddr) {
-			iph->id = htons(inet_sk(sk)->inet_id);
-			inet_sk(sk)->inet_id += segs;
-		} else {
-			iph->id = 0;
-		}
+		iph->id = 0;
 	} else {
+		/* Unfortunately we need the big hammer to get a suitable IPID */
 		__ip_select_ident(net, iph, segs);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
index e331c8d4e6cf..139cec29ed06 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
@@ -162,12 +162,19 @@ int ip_build_and_send_pkt(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct sock *sk,
 	iph->daddr    = (opt && opt->opt.srr ? opt->opt.faddr : daddr);
 	iph->saddr    = saddr;
 	iph->protocol = sk->sk_protocol;
-	if (ip_dont_fragment(sk, &rt->dst)) {
+	/* Do not bother generating IPID for small packets (eg SYNACK) */
+	if (skb->len <= IPV4_MIN_MTU || ip_dont_fragment(sk, &rt->dst)) {
 		iph->frag_off = htons(IP_DF);
 		iph->id = 0;
 	} else {
 		iph->frag_off = 0;
-		__ip_select_ident(net, iph, 1);
+		/* TCP packets here are SYNACK with fat IPv4/TCP options.
+		 * Avoid using the hashed IP ident generator.
+		 */
+		if (sk->sk_protocol == IPPROTO_TCP)
+			iph->id = (__force __be16)prandom_u32();
+		else
+			__ip_select_ident(net, iph, 1);
 	}
 
 	if (opt && opt->opt.optlen) {