diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/BUILD b/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/BUILD
index 2087d7efcd..a572782463 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/BUILD
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/BUILD
@@ -162,6 +162,7 @@ go_library(
         "pending_processing_mutex.go",
         "protocol.go",
         "protocol_mutex.go",
+        "protocol_state.go",
         "rack.go",
         "rcv.go",
         "rcv_queue_mutex.go",
@@ -217,6 +218,7 @@ go_test(
     srcs = [
         "cubic_test.go",
         "main_test.go",
+        "protocol_state_test.go",
         "sack_scoreboard_test.go",
         "segment_test.go",
         "timer_test.go",
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/protocol.go b/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/protocol.go
index ec80705d19..7c911632b2 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/protocol.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/protocol.go
@@ -114,9 +114,11 @@ type protocol struct {
 	// This is immutable after creation.
 	probe TCPProbeFunc `state:"nosave"`
 
-	// The following secrets are initialized once and stay unchanged after.
-	seqnumSecret   [16]byte
-	tsOffsetSecret [16]byte
+	// The following secrets are used for ISN and timestamp-offset
+	// generation. They are not serialized into checkpoint state and are
+	// freshly drawn from the secure RNG on restore (see afterLoad).
+	seqnumSecret   [16]byte `state:"nosave"`
+	tsOffsetSecret [16]byte `state:"nosave"`
 }
 
 // Number returns the tcp protocol number.
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/protocol_state.go b/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/protocol_state.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4813eff948
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/protocol_state.go
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+// Copyright 2026 The gVisor Authors.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package tcp
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+// afterLoad is invoked by stateify after the protocol struct is restored
+// from a checkpoint. seqnumSecret and tsOffsetSecret are tagged
+// state:"nosave" and therefore arrive zero-valued on restore; this hook
+// draws fresh 16-byte secrets from the stack secure RNG so that the
+// restored protocol does not reuse secret material that could have been
+// read out of the checkpoint file.
+func (p *protocol) afterLoad(ctx context.Context) {
+	rng := p.stack.SecureRNG()
+	if n, err := rng.Reader.Read(p.seqnumSecret[:]); err != nil || n != len(p.seqnumSecret) {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("rng.Reader.Read(seqnumSecret) failed: n=%d err=%v", n, err))
+	}
+	if n, err := rng.Reader.Read(p.tsOffsetSecret[:]); err != nil || n != len(p.tsOffsetSecret) {
+		panic(fmt.Sprintf("rng.Reader.Read(tsOffsetSecret) failed: n=%d err=%v", n, err))
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/protocol_state_test.go b/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/protocol_state_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce58d46a2f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/protocol_state_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+// Copyright 2026 The gVisor Authors.
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package tcp
+
+import (
+	"bytes"
+	"context"
+	"reflect"
+	"testing"
+
+	"gvisor.dev/gvisor/pkg/tcpip/stack"
+)
+
+// TestProtocolSecretsHaveNosaveTag is a structural assertion that the
+// seqnumSecret and tsOffsetSecret fields on the protocol struct carry the
+// state:"nosave" tag. Removing the tag would silently restore stale
+// secrets across checkpoint, defeating afterLoad re-seeding.
+func TestProtocolSecretsHaveNosaveTag(t *testing.T) {
+	var p protocol
+	typ := reflect.TypeOf(p)
+	for _, name := range []string{"seqnumSecret", "tsOffsetSecret"} {
+		f, ok := typ.FieldByName(name)
+		if !ok {
+			t.Fatalf("field %s not found on protocol", name)
+		}
+		if got, want := f.Tag.Get("state"), "nosave"; got != want {
+			t.Errorf("field %s state-tag = %q, want %q", name, got, want)
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+// TestProtocolAfterLoadRegeneratesSecrets verifies that calling afterLoad on
+// a protocol whose secret fields are zero-valued (the post-restore state for
+// nosave fields) repopulates them with fresh, non-zero bytes drawn from the
+// stack secure RNG.
+func TestProtocolAfterLoadRegeneratesSecrets(t *testing.T) {
+	s := stack.New(stack.Options{
+		TransportProtocols: []stack.TransportProtocolFactory{NewProtocol},
+	})
+	defer s.Destroy()
+
+	tp := s.TransportProtocolInstance(ProtocolNumber)
+	p, ok := tp.(*protocol)
+	if !ok {
+		t.Fatalf("transport protocol instance = %T, want *protocol", tp)
+	}
+
+	var initialSeq, initialTS [16]byte
+	copy(initialSeq[:], p.seqnumSecret[:])
+	copy(initialTS[:], p.tsOffsetSecret[:])
+
+	var zero [16]byte
+	if bytes.Equal(initialSeq[:], zero[:]) {
+		t.Fatalf("seqnumSecret was zero before afterLoad call (RNG init failed)")
+	}
+	if bytes.Equal(initialTS[:], zero[:]) {
+		t.Fatalf("tsOffsetSecret was zero before afterLoad call (RNG init failed)")
+	}
+
+	// Simulate post-restore: stateify gives nosave fields their zero value.
+	p.seqnumSecret = [16]byte{}
+	p.tsOffsetSecret = [16]byte{}
+
+	p.afterLoad(context.Background())
+
+	if bytes.Equal(p.seqnumSecret[:], zero[:]) {
+		t.Errorf("seqnumSecret zero after afterLoad: %x", p.seqnumSecret)
+	}
+	if bytes.Equal(p.tsOffsetSecret[:], zero[:]) {
+		t.Errorf("tsOffsetSecret zero after afterLoad: %x", p.tsOffsetSecret)
+	}
+	if bytes.Equal(p.seqnumSecret[:], initialSeq[:]) {
+		t.Errorf("seqnumSecret unchanged after afterLoad (collision unlikely with 16-byte secret): %x", p.seqnumSecret)
+	}
+	if bytes.Equal(p.tsOffsetSecret[:], initialTS[:]) {
+		t.Errorf("tsOffsetSecret unchanged after afterLoad (collision unlikely with 16-byte secret): %x", p.tsOffsetSecret)
+	}
+}