diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index cccc6b739532..a9948fe3537a 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -920,7 +920,14 @@ static inline u32 tcp_rsk_tsval(const struct tcp_request_sock *treq)
 #define TCPHDR_URG	BIT(5)
 #define TCPHDR_ECE	BIT(6)
 #define TCPHDR_CWR	BIT(7)
-
+#define TCPHDR_AE	BIT(8)
+#define TCPHDR_FLAGS_MASK (TCPHDR_FIN | TCPHDR_SYN | TCPHDR_RST | \
+			   TCPHDR_PSH | TCPHDR_ACK | TCPHDR_URG | \
+			   TCPHDR_ECE | TCPHDR_CWR | TCPHDR_AE)
+#define tcp_flags_ntohs(th) (ntohs(*(__be16 *)&tcp_flag_word(th)) & \
+			    TCPHDR_FLAGS_MASK)
+
+#define TCPHDR_ACE (TCPHDR_ECE | TCPHDR_CWR | TCPHDR_AE)
 #define TCPHDR_SYN_ECN	(TCPHDR_SYN | TCPHDR_ECE | TCPHDR_CWR)
 
 /* State flags for sacked in struct tcp_skb_cb */
@@ -955,7 +962,7 @@ struct tcp_skb_cb {
 			u16	tcp_gso_size;
 		};
 	};
-	__u8		tcp_flags;	/* TCP header flags. (tcp[13])	*/
+	__u16		tcp_flags;	/* TCP header flags (tcp[12-13])*/
 
 	__u8		sacked;		/* State flags for SACK.	*/
 	__u8		ip_dsfield;	/* IPv4 tos or IPv6 dsfield	*/
diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/tcp.h b/include/uapi/linux/tcp.h
index dbf896f3146c..3fe08d7dddaf 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/tcp.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/tcp.h
@@ -28,7 +28,8 @@ struct tcphdr {
 	__be32	seq;
 	__be32	ack_seq;
 #if defined(__LITTLE_ENDIAN_BITFIELD)
-	__u16	res1:4,
+	__u16	ae:1,
+		res1:3,
 		doff:4,
 		fin:1,
 		syn:1,
@@ -40,7 +41,8 @@ struct tcphdr {
 		cwr:1;
 #elif defined(__BIG_ENDIAN_BITFIELD)
 	__u16	doff:4,
-		res1:4,
+		res1:3,
+		ae:1,
 		cwr:1,
 		ece:1,
 		urg:1,
@@ -70,6 +72,7 @@ union tcp_word_hdr {
 #define tcp_flag_word(tp) (((union tcp_word_hdr *)(tp))->words[3])
 
 enum {
+	TCP_FLAG_AE  = __constant_cpu_to_be32(0x01000000),
 	TCP_FLAG_CWR = __constant_cpu_to_be32(0x00800000),
 	TCP_FLAG_ECE = __constant_cpu_to_be32(0x00400000),
 	TCP_FLAG_URG = __constant_cpu_to_be32(0x00200000),
@@ -78,7 +81,7 @@ enum {
 	TCP_FLAG_RST = __constant_cpu_to_be32(0x00040000),
 	TCP_FLAG_SYN = __constant_cpu_to_be32(0x00020000),
 	TCP_FLAG_FIN = __constant_cpu_to_be32(0x00010000),
-	TCP_RESERVED_BITS = __constant_cpu_to_be32(0x0F000000),
+	TCP_RESERVED_BITS = __constant_cpu_to_be32(0x0E000000),
 	TCP_DATA_OFFSET = __constant_cpu_to_be32(0xF0000000)
 };
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index a38c8b1f44db..536767723584 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -2163,7 +2163,7 @@ static void tcp_v4_fill_cb(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct iphdr *iph,
 	TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->end_seq = (TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->seq + th->syn + th->fin +
 				    skb->len - th->doff * 4);
 	TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->ack_seq = ntohl(th->ack_seq);
-	TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->tcp_flags = tcp_flag_byte(th);
+	TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->tcp_flags = tcp_flags_ntohs(th);
 	TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->ip_dsfield = ipv4_get_dsfield(iph);
 	TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->sacked	 = 0;
 	TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->has_rxtstamp =
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index 5485a70b5fe5..1b2f4a2e7332 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -400,7 +400,7 @@ static void tcp_ecn_send(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 /* Constructs common control bits of non-data skb. If SYN/FIN is present,
  * auto increment end seqno.
  */
-static void tcp_init_nondata_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 seq, u8 flags)
+static void tcp_init_nondata_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 seq, u16 flags)
 {
 	skb->ip_summed = CHECKSUM_PARTIAL;
 
@@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@ static int __tcp_transmit_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	th->seq			= htonl(tcb->seq);
 	th->ack_seq		= htonl(rcv_nxt);
 	*(((__be16 *)th) + 6)	= htons(((tcp_header_size >> 2) << 12) |
-					tcb->tcp_flags);
+					(tcb->tcp_flags & TCPHDR_FLAGS_MASK));
 
 	th->check		= 0;
 	th->urg_ptr		= 0;
@@ -1603,8 +1603,8 @@ int tcp_fragment(struct sock *sk, enum tcp_queue tcp_queue,
 	struct sk_buff *buff;
 	int old_factor;
 	long limit;
+	u16 flags;
 	int nlen;
-	u8 flags;
 
 	if (WARN_ON(len > skb->len))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -2159,7 +2159,7 @@ static int tso_fragment(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int len,
 {
 	int nlen = skb->len - len;
 	struct sk_buff *buff;
-	u8 flags;
+	u16 flags;
 
 	/* All of a TSO frame must be composed of paged data.  */
 	DEBUG_NET_WARN_ON_ONCE(skb->len != skb->data_len);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index c748eeae1453..fec9acffb167 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -1737,7 +1737,7 @@ static void tcp_v6_fill_cb(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct ipv6hdr *hdr,
 	TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->end_seq = (TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->seq + th->syn + th->fin +
 				    skb->len - th->doff*4);
 	TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->ack_seq = ntohl(th->ack_seq);
-	TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->tcp_flags = tcp_flag_byte(th);
+	TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->tcp_flags = tcp_flags_ntohs(th);
 	TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->ip_dsfield = ipv6_get_dsfield(hdr);
 	TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->sacked = 0;
 	TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->has_rxtstamp =
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_log_syslog.c b/net/netfilter/nf_log_syslog.c
index 58402226045e..86d5fc5d28e3 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_log_syslog.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_log_syslog.c
@@ -216,7 +216,9 @@ nf_log_dump_tcp_header(struct nf_log_buf *m,
 	/* Max length: 9 "RES=0x3C " */
 	nf_log_buf_add(m, "RES=0x%02x ", (u_int8_t)(ntohl(tcp_flag_word(th) &
 					    TCP_RESERVED_BITS) >> 22));
-	/* Max length: 32 "CWR ECE URG ACK PSH RST SYN FIN " */
+	/* Max length: 35 "AE CWR ECE URG ACK PSH RST SYN FIN " */
+	if (th->ae)
+		nf_log_buf_add(m, "AE ");
 	if (th->cwr)
 		nf_log_buf_add(m, "CWR ");
 	if (th->ece)
@@ -516,7 +518,7 @@ dump_ipv4_packet(struct net *net, struct nf_log_buf *m,
 
 	/* Proto    Max log string length */
 	/* IP:	    40+46+6+11+127 = 230 */
-	/* TCP:     10+max(25,20+30+13+9+32+11+127) = 252 */
+	/* TCP:     10+max(25,20+30+13+9+35+11+127) = 255 */
 	/* UDP:     10+max(25,20) = 35 */
 	/* UDPLITE: 14+max(25,20) = 39 */
 	/* ICMP:    11+max(25, 18+25+max(19,14,24+3+n+10,3+n+10)) = 91+n */
@@ -526,7 +528,7 @@ dump_ipv4_packet(struct net *net, struct nf_log_buf *m,
 
 	/* (ICMP allows recursion one level deep) */
 	/* maxlen =  IP + ICMP +  IP + max(TCP,UDP,ICMP,unknown) */
-	/* maxlen = 230+   91  + 230 + 252 = 803 */
+	/* maxlen = 230+   91  + 230 + 255 = 806 */
 }
 
 static noinline_for_stack void
