diff --git a/quic/api/QuicTransportFunctions.cpp b/quic/api/QuicTransportFunctions.cpp
index 85c424e46..08f09213b 100644
--- a/quic/api/QuicTransportFunctions.cpp
+++ b/quic/api/QuicTransportFunctions.cpp
@@ -1223,7 +1223,7 @@ uint64_t writeProbingDataToSocket(
       aead,
       headerCipher,
       version);
-  if (written < probesToSend) {
+  if (probesToSend && !written) {
     // Fall back to send a ping:
     sendSimpleFrame(connection, PingFrame());
     auto pingScheduler = std::move(FrameScheduler::Builder(
diff --git a/quic/api/test/QuicTransportFunctionsTest.cpp b/quic/api/test/QuicTransportFunctionsTest.cpp
index 7486d6b37..cb63f8cc3 100644
--- a/quic/api/test/QuicTransportFunctionsTest.cpp
+++ b/quic/api/test/QuicTransportFunctionsTest.cpp
@@ -1572,6 +1572,30 @@ TEST_F(QuicTransportFunctionsTest, WriteProbingCryptoData) {
   EXPECT_FALSE(cryptoStream->retransmissionBuffer.empty());
 }
 
+TEST_F(QuicTransportFunctionsTest, ProbingNotFallbackToPingWhenNoQuota) {
+  auto conn = createConn();
+  auto mockCongestionController =
+      std::make_unique<NiceMock<MockCongestionController>>();
+  auto rawCongestionController = mockCongestionController.get();
+  conn->congestionController = std::move(mockCongestionController);
+  EventBase evb;
+  auto socket =
+      std::make_unique<NiceMock<folly::test::MockAsyncUDPSocket>>(&evb);
+  auto rawSocket = socket.get();
+  EXPECT_CALL(*rawCongestionController, onPacketSent(_)).Times(0);
+  EXPECT_CALL(*rawSocket, write(_, _)).Times(0);
+  uint8_t probesToSend = 0;
+  EXPECT_EQ(
+      0,
+      writeProbingDataToSocketForTest(
+          *rawSocket,
+          *conn,
+          probesToSend,
+          *aead,
+          *headerCipher,
+          getVersion(*conn)));
+}
+
 TEST_F(QuicTransportFunctionsTest, ProbingFallbackToPing) {
   auto conn = createConn();
   auto mockCongestionController =