diff --git a/tpws/params.h b/tpws/params.h
index fca406f..7ffef07 100644
--- a/tpws/params.h
+++ b/tpws/params.h
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ struct params_s
 
 	uint8_t proxy_type;
 	unsigned int fix_seg;
+	bool fix_seg_avail;
 	bool no_resolve;
 	bool skip_nodelay;
 	bool droproot;
diff --git a/tpws/tpws.c b/tpws/tpws.c
index e675877..3cf557c 100644
--- a/tpws/tpws.c
+++ b/tpws/tpws.c
@@ -538,6 +538,8 @@ void parse_params(int argc, char *argv[])
 	params.pf_enable = true; // OpenBSD and MacOS have no other choice
 #endif
 
+	params.fix_seg_avail = socket_supports_notsent();
+
 	LIST_INIT(&params.hostlists);
 	LIST_INIT(&params.ipsets);
 
@@ -1236,7 +1238,7 @@ void parse_params(int argc, char *argv[])
 			}
 			break;
 		case 65: /* fix-seg */
-			if (!socket_supports_notsent())
+			if (!params.fix_seg_avail)
 			{
 				DLOG_ERR("--fix-seg is supported since kernel 4.6\n");
 				exit_clean(1);
diff --git a/tpws/tpws_conn.c b/tpws/tpws_conn.c
index 696da8a..9fc393e 100644
--- a/tpws/tpws_conn.c
+++ b/tpws/tpws_conn.c
@@ -1248,19 +1248,22 @@ static bool handle_epoll(tproxy_conn_t *conn, struct tailhead *conn_list, uint32
 						bApplyOOB = i==0 && (split_flags & SPLIT_FLAG_OOB);
 						len = to-from;
 #ifdef __linux__
-						if (params.fix_seg)
+						if (params.fix_seg_avail)
 						{
-							unsigned int wasted;
-							bool bWaitOK = socket_wait_notsent(conn->partner->fd, params.fix_seg, &wasted);
-							if (wasted)
-								VPRINT("WARNING ! wasted %u ms to fix segmenation\n", wasted);
-							if (!bWaitOK)
-								report_segfail();
-						}
-						else
-						{
-							if (socket_has_notsent(conn->partner->fd))
-								report_segfail();
+							if (params.fix_seg)
+							{
+								unsigned int wasted;
+								bool bWaitOK = socket_wait_notsent(conn->partner->fd, params.fix_seg, &wasted);
+								if (wasted)
+									VPRINT("WARNING ! wasted %u ms to fix segmenation\n", wasted);
+								if (!bWaitOK)
+									report_segfail();
+							}
+							else
+							{
+								if (socket_has_notsent(conn->partner->fd))
+									report_segfail();
+							}
 						}
 #endif
 						VPRINT("Sending multisplit part %d %zd-%zd (len %zd)%s%s : ", i+1, from, to, len, bApplyDisorder ? " with disorder" : "", bApplyOOB ? " with OOB" : "");