diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 554ef2c848ee..a3e90efe6586 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -376,6 +376,10 @@ enum skb_drop_reason {
 					 * the right edges of receive
 					 * window
 					 */
+	SKB_DROP_REASON_TCP_OFOMERGE,	/* the data of skb is already in
+					 * the ofo queue, corresponding to
+					 * LINUX_MIB_TCPOFOMERGE
+					 */
 	SKB_DROP_REASON_MAX,
 };
 
diff --git a/include/trace/events/skb.h b/include/trace/events/skb.h
index cc1c8f7eaf72..2ab7193313aa 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/skb.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/skb.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@
 	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_TCP_ZEROWINDOW, TCP_ZEROWINDOW)	\
 	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_TCP_OLD_DATA, TCP_OLD_DATA)		\
 	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_TCP_OVERWINDOW, TCP_OVERWINDOW)	\
+	EM(SKB_DROP_REASON_TCP_OFOMERGE, TCP_OFOMERGE)		\
 	EMe(SKB_DROP_REASON_MAX, MAX)
 
 #undef EM
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 041c778fd0b5..2088f93fa37b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -4779,7 +4779,7 @@ static void tcp_data_queue_ofo(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (unlikely(tcp_try_rmem_schedule(sk, skb, skb->truesize))) {
 		NET_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), LINUX_MIB_TCPOFODROP);
 		sk->sk_data_ready(sk);
-		tcp_drop(sk, skb);
+		tcp_drop_reason(sk, skb, SKB_DROP_REASON_PROTO_MEM);
 		return;
 	}
 
@@ -4842,7 +4842,8 @@ coalesce_done:
 				/* All the bits are present. Drop. */
 				NET_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk),
 					      LINUX_MIB_TCPOFOMERGE);
-				tcp_drop(sk, skb);
+				tcp_drop_reason(sk, skb,
+						SKB_DROP_REASON_TCP_OFOMERGE);
 				skb = NULL;
 				tcp_dsack_set(sk, seq, end_seq);
 				goto add_sack;
@@ -4861,7 +4862,8 @@ coalesce_done:
 						 TCP_SKB_CB(skb1)->end_seq);
 				NET_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk),
 					      LINUX_MIB_TCPOFOMERGE);
-				tcp_drop(sk, skb1);
+				tcp_drop_reason(sk, skb1,
+						SKB_DROP_REASON_TCP_OFOMERGE);
 				goto merge_right;
 			}
 		} else if (tcp_ooo_try_coalesce(sk, skb1,
@@ -4889,7 +4891,7 @@ merge_right:
 		tcp_dsack_extend(sk, TCP_SKB_CB(skb1)->seq,
 				 TCP_SKB_CB(skb1)->end_seq);
 		NET_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), LINUX_MIB_TCPOFOMERGE);
-		tcp_drop(sk, skb1);
+		tcp_drop_reason(sk, skb1, SKB_DROP_REASON_TCP_OFOMERGE);
 	}
 	/* If there is no skb after us, we are the last_skb ! */
 	if (!skb1)