case TCP_CONNTRACK_SYN_SENT:
                if (old_state < TCP_CONNTRACK_TIME_WAIT)
                        break;
-               if (conntrack->proto.tcp.seen[!dir].flags &
-                       IP_CT_TCP_FLAG_CLOSE_INIT) {
-                       /* Attempt to reopen a closed connection.
-                       * Delete this connection and look up again. */
+               if ((conntrack->proto.tcp.seen[!dir].flags &
+                       IP_CT_TCP_FLAG_CLOSE_INIT)
+                   || (conntrack->proto.tcp.last_dir == dir
+                       && conntrack->proto.tcp.last_index == TCP_RST_SET)) {
+                       /* Attempt to reopen a closed/aborted connection.
+                        * Delete this connection and look up again. */
                        write_unlock_bh(&tcp_lock);
                        if (del_timer(&conntrack->timeout))
                                conntrack->timeout.function((unsigned long)
      in_window:
        /* From now on we have got in-window packets */
        conntrack->proto.tcp.last_index = index;
+       conntrack->proto.tcp.last_dir = dir;
 
        pr_debug("tcp_conntracks: ");
        NF_CT_DUMP_TUPLE(tuple);