diff --git a/net/rxrpc/input.c b/net/rxrpc/input.c
index 9bd0f1b92463..73cafe6bfa9f 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/input.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/input.c
@@ -237,6 +237,9 @@ static bool rxrpc_rotate_tx_window(struct rxrpc_call *call, rxrpc_seq_t to,
 		call->acks_lowest_nak = to;
 	}
 
+	if (after(seq, to))
+		return false;
+
 	/* We may have a left over fully-consumed buffer at the front that we
 	 * couldn't drop before (rotate_and_keep below).
 	 */