diff --git a/sys/netinet/tcp_output.c b/sys/netinet/tcp_output.c
--- a/sys/netinet/tcp_output.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/tcp_output.c
@@ -1250,7 +1250,7 @@
 		 * fack acks recoverypoint.
 		 */
 		if ((tp->t_flags & TF_LRD) && SEQ_GEQ(p->rxmit, p->end))
-			p->rxmit = tp->snd_recover;
+			p->rxmit = SEQ_MAX(p->rxmit, tp->snd_recover);
 		tp->sackhint.sack_bytes_rexmit += len;
 	}
 	if (IN_RECOVERY(tp->t_flags)) {
diff --git a/sys/netinet/tcp_sack.c b/sys/netinet/tcp_sack.c
--- a/sys/netinet/tcp_sack.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/tcp_sack.c
@@ -816,7 +816,7 @@
 				cur->end = sblkp->start;
 				cur->rxmit = SEQ_MIN(cur->rxmit, cur->end);
 				if ((tp->t_flags & TF_LRD) && SEQ_GEQ(cur->rxmit, cur->end))
-					cur->rxmit = tp->snd_recover;
+					cur->rxmit = SEQ_MAX(cur->rxmit, tp->snd_recover);
 			} else {
 				/*
 				 * ACKs some data in middle of a hole; need
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@
 					cur->rxmit = SEQ_MIN(cur->rxmit,
 					    cur->end);
 					if ((tp->t_flags & TF_LRD) && SEQ_GEQ(cur->rxmit, cur->end))
-						cur->rxmit = tp->snd_recover;
+						cur->rxmit = SEQ_MAX(cur->rxmit, tp->snd_recover);
 					delivered_data += (sblkp->end - sblkp->start);
 				}
 			}