diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 93150d588a4f0923c8e3fd36e2fe7a5c2880f087..7269302d63bc6e88e5fd67cb4f0d3d377ddeecd0 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -863,3 +863,6 @@
 	* net/net_close.c.  Fixed another important TCP/IP race condition bug:  If
 	  the host closes the TCP connection just before the target calls close(), then
 	  the close operation may hang indefinitely!
+	* net/net_tcppoll.c.  Removed an unnecessary check for outstanding, un-ACKed
+	  data.  The NuttX socket layer keeps track of ACKs and doesn't need this check;
+	  removing the check should improve write throughput
diff --git a/Documentation/NuttX.html b/Documentation/NuttX.html
index 9c7269825ff20d2b3ff527aa82a8464c8ac8fb81..fdc628d49c5bb850d2e0e5473f18badfdf62acff 100644
--- a/Documentation/NuttX.html
+++ b/Documentation/NuttX.html
@@ -1524,6 +1524,9 @@ nuttx-0.4.11 2009-xx-xx Gregory Nutt <spudmonkey@racsa.co.cr>
 	* net/net_close.c.  Fixed another important TCP/IP race condition bug:  If
 	  the host closes the TCP connection just before the target calls close(), then
 	  the close operation may hang indefinitely!
+	* net/net_tcppoll.c.  Removed an unnecessary check for outstanding, un-ACKed
+	  data.  The NuttX socket layer keeps track of ACKs and doesn't need this check;
+	  removing the check should improve write throughput
 
 pascal-0.1.3 2009-xx-xx Gregory Nutt <spudmonkey@racsa.co.cr>
 
diff --git a/net/uip/uip_tcppoll.c b/net/uip/uip_tcppoll.c
index b851ba1672eac65a10e32fdb7ef2dacf3d696614..e64ea2935a6da48fb8cbc05d6f16f6445f973571 100644
--- a/net/uip/uip_tcppoll.c
+++ b/net/uip/uip_tcppoll.c
@@ -96,12 +96,9 @@ void uip_tcppoll(struct uip_driver_s *dev, struct uip_conn *conn)
 {
   uint8 result;
 
-  /* Verify that the connection is established and if the connection has
-   * no outstanding (unacknowledged) sent data.
-   */
+  /* Verify that the connection is established */
 
-  if ((conn->tcpstateflags & UIP_TS_MASK) == UIP_ESTABLISHED &&
-      !uip_outstanding(conn))
+  if ((conn->tcpstateflags & UIP_TS_MASK) == UIP_ESTABLISHED)
     {
       /* Set up for the callback */