diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index 7e553f27c0e9..3b9b3cdbc0cc 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -419,7 +419,8 @@ enum tcp_tw_status {
 	TCP_TW_SUCCESS = 0,
 	TCP_TW_RST = 1,
 	TCP_TW_ACK = 2,
-	TCP_TW_SYN = 3
+	TCP_TW_SYN = 3,
+	TCP_TW_ACK_OOW = 4
 };
 
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
index ea7a260bec8a..6e18d7ec5062 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_output.c
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@
 #include <net/checksum.h>
 #include <net/gso.h>
 #include <net/inetpeer.h>
-#include <net/inet_ecn.h>
 #include <net/lwtunnel.h>
 #include <net/inet_dscp.h>
 #include <linux/bpf-cgroup.h>
@@ -1640,7 +1639,7 @@ void ip_send_unicast_reply(struct sock *sk, const struct sock *orig_sk,
 	if (IS_ERR(rt))
 		return;
 
-	inet_sk(sk)->tos = arg->tos & ~INET_ECN_MASK;
+	inet_sk(sk)->tos = arg->tos;
 
 	sk->sk_protocol = ip_hdr(skb)->protocol;
 	sk->sk_bound_dev_if = arg->bound_dev_if;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index 87f270ebc635..4fa4fbb0ad12 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@
 #include <net/transp_v6.h>
 #include <net/ipv6.h>
 #include <net/inet_common.h>
+#include <net/inet_ecn.h>
 #include <net/timewait_sock.h>
 #include <net/xfrm.h>
 #include <net/secure_seq.h>
@@ -887,7 +888,8 @@ static void tcp_v4_send_reset(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct sock, sk_bound_dev_if) !=
 		     offsetof(struct inet_timewait_sock, tw_bound_dev_if));
 
-	arg.tos = ip_hdr(skb)->tos;
+	/* ECN bits of TW reset are cleared */
+	arg.tos = ip_hdr(skb)->tos & ~INET_ECN_MASK;
 	arg.uid = sock_net_uid(net, sk && sk_fullsock(sk) ? sk : NULL);
 	local_bh_disable();
 	local_lock_nested_bh(&ipv4_tcp_sk.bh_lock);
@@ -1033,11 +1035,21 @@ static void tcp_v4_send_ack(const struct sock *sk,
 	local_bh_enable();
 }
 
-static void tcp_v4_timewait_ack(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
+static void tcp_v4_timewait_ack(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
+				enum tcp_tw_status tw_status)
 {
 	struct inet_timewait_sock *tw = inet_twsk(sk);
 	struct tcp_timewait_sock *tcptw = tcp_twsk(sk);
 	struct tcp_key key = {};
+	u8 tos = tw->tw_tos;
+
+	/* Cleaning only ECN bits of TW ACKs of oow data or is paws_reject,
+	 * while not cleaning ECN bits of other TW ACKs to avoid these ACKs
+	 * being placed in a different service queues (Classic rather than L4S)
+	 */
+	if (tw_status == TCP_TW_ACK_OOW)
+		tos &= ~INET_ECN_MASK;
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_TCP_AO
 	struct tcp_ao_info *ao_info;
 
@@ -1081,7 +1093,7 @@ static void tcp_v4_timewait_ack(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 			READ_ONCE(tcptw->tw_ts_recent),
 			tw->tw_bound_dev_if, &key,
 			tw->tw_transparent ? IP_REPLY_ARG_NOSRCCHECK : 0,
-			tw->tw_tos,
+			tos,
 			tw->tw_txhash);
 
 	inet_twsk_put(tw);
@@ -1151,6 +1163,7 @@ static void tcp_v4_reqsk_send_ack(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			key.type = TCP_KEY_MD5;
 	}
 
+	/* Cleaning ECN bits of TW ACKs of oow data or is paws_reject */
 	tcp_v4_send_ack(sk, skb, seq,
 			tcp_rsk(req)->rcv_nxt,
 			tcp_synack_window(req) >> inet_rsk(req)->rcv_wscale,
@@ -1158,7 +1171,7 @@ static void tcp_v4_reqsk_send_ack(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			req->ts_recent,
 			0, &key,
 			inet_rsk(req)->no_srccheck ? IP_REPLY_ARG_NOSRCCHECK : 0,
-			ip_hdr(skb)->tos,
+			ip_hdr(skb)->tos & ~INET_ECN_MASK,
 			READ_ONCE(tcp_rsk(req)->txhash));
 	if (tcp_key_is_ao(&key))
 		kfree(key.traffic_key);
@@ -2175,6 +2188,7 @@ int tcp_v4_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct net *net = dev_net_rcu(skb->dev);
 	enum skb_drop_reason drop_reason;
+	enum tcp_tw_status tw_status;
 	int sdif = inet_sdif(skb);
 	int dif = inet_iif(skb);
 	const struct iphdr *iph;
@@ -2402,7 +2416,9 @@ int tcp_v4_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		inet_twsk_put(inet_twsk(sk));
 		goto csum_error;
 	}
-	switch (tcp_timewait_state_process(inet_twsk(sk), skb, th, &isn)) {
+
+	tw_status = tcp_timewait_state_process(inet_twsk(sk), skb, th, &isn);
+	switch (tw_status) {
 	case TCP_TW_SYN: {
 		struct sock *sk2 = inet_lookup_listener(net,
 							net->ipv4.tcp_death_row.hashinfo,
@@ -2423,7 +2439,8 @@ int tcp_v4_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		/* to ACK */
 		fallthrough;
 	case TCP_TW_ACK:
-		tcp_v4_timewait_ack(sk, skb);
+	case TCP_TW_ACK_OOW:
+		tcp_v4_timewait_ack(sk, skb, tw_status);
 		break;
 	case TCP_TW_RST:
 		tcp_v4_send_reset(sk, skb, SK_RST_REASON_TCP_TIMEWAIT_SOCKET);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
index 0ae24add155b..fb9349be36b8 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ tcp_timewait_check_oow_rate_limit(struct inet_timewait_sock *tw,
 		/* Send ACK. Note, we do not put the bucket,
 		 * it will be released by caller.
 		 */
-		return TCP_TW_ACK;
+		return TCP_TW_ACK_OOW;
 	}
 
 	/* We are rate-limiting, so just release the tw sock and drop skb. */
diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index a2fcc317a88e..e182ee0a2330 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -999,7 +999,7 @@ static void tcp_v6_send_response(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, u32
 	if (!IS_ERR(dst)) {
 		skb_dst_set(buff, dst);
 		ip6_xmit(ctl_sk, buff, &fl6, fl6.flowi6_mark, NULL,
-			 tclass & ~INET_ECN_MASK, priority);
+			 tclass, priority);
 		TCP_INC_STATS(net, TCP_MIB_OUTSEGS);
 		if (rst)
 			TCP_INC_STATS(net, TCP_MIB_OUTRSTS);
@@ -1135,7 +1135,8 @@ static void tcp_v6_send_reset(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	trace_tcp_send_reset(sk, skb, reason);
 
 	tcp_v6_send_response(sk, skb, seq, ack_seq, 0, 0, 0, oif, 1,
-			     ipv6_get_dsfield(ipv6h), label, priority, txhash,
+			     ipv6_get_dsfield(ipv6h) & ~INET_ECN_MASK,
+			     label, priority, txhash,
 			     &key);
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_TCP_MD5SIG) || defined(CONFIG_TCP_AO)
@@ -1155,11 +1156,16 @@ static void tcp_v6_send_ack(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 seq,
 			     tclass, label, priority, txhash, key);
 }
 
-static void tcp_v6_timewait_ack(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
+static void tcp_v6_timewait_ack(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
+				enum tcp_tw_status tw_status)
 {
 	struct inet_timewait_sock *tw = inet_twsk(sk);
 	struct tcp_timewait_sock *tcptw = tcp_twsk(sk);
+	u8 tclass = tw->tw_tclass;
 	struct tcp_key key = {};
+
+	if (tw_status == TCP_TW_ACK_OOW)
+		tclass &= ~INET_ECN_MASK;
 #ifdef CONFIG_TCP_AO
 	struct tcp_ao_info *ao_info;
 
@@ -1203,7 +1209,7 @@ static void tcp_v6_timewait_ack(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 			tcptw->tw_rcv_wnd >> tw->tw_rcv_wscale,
 			tcp_tw_tsval(tcptw),
 			READ_ONCE(tcptw->tw_ts_recent), tw->tw_bound_dev_if,
-			&key, tw->tw_tclass, cpu_to_be32(tw->tw_flowlabel),
+			&key, tclass, cpu_to_be32(tw->tw_flowlabel),
 			tw->tw_priority, tw->tw_txhash);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TCP_AO
@@ -1280,7 +1286,8 @@ static void tcp_v6_reqsk_send_ack(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			tcp_synack_window(req) >> inet_rsk(req)->rcv_wscale,
 			tcp_rsk_tsval(tcp_rsk(req)),
 			req->ts_recent, sk->sk_bound_dev_if,
-			&key, ipv6_get_dsfield(ipv6_hdr(skb)), 0,
+			&key, ipv6_get_dsfield(ipv6_hdr(skb)) & ~INET_ECN_MASK,
+			0,
 			READ_ONCE(sk->sk_priority),
 			READ_ONCE(tcp_rsk(req)->txhash));
 	if (tcp_key_is_ao(&key))
@@ -1742,6 +1749,7 @@ INDIRECT_CALLABLE_SCOPE int tcp_v6_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct net *net = dev_net_rcu(skb->dev);
 	enum skb_drop_reason drop_reason;
+	enum tcp_tw_status tw_status;
 	int sdif = inet6_sdif(skb);
 	int dif = inet6_iif(skb);
 	const struct tcphdr *th;
@@ -1962,7 +1970,8 @@ INDIRECT_CALLABLE_SCOPE int tcp_v6_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		goto csum_error;
 	}
 
-	switch (tcp_timewait_state_process(inet_twsk(sk), skb, th, &isn)) {
+	tw_status = tcp_timewait_state_process(inet_twsk(sk), skb, th, &isn);
+	switch (tw_status) {
 	case TCP_TW_SYN:
 	{
 		struct sock *sk2;
@@ -1987,7 +1996,8 @@ INDIRECT_CALLABLE_SCOPE int tcp_v6_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		/* to ACK */
 		fallthrough;
 	case TCP_TW_ACK:
-		tcp_v6_timewait_ack(sk, skb);
+	case TCP_TW_ACK_OOW:
+		tcp_v6_timewait_ack(sk, skb, tw_status);
 		break;
 	case TCP_TW_RST:
 		tcp_v6_send_reset(sk, skb, SK_RST_REASON_TCP_TIMEWAIT_SOCKET);
