diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index cf27f3688c39..78c292f15ffc 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -420,8 +420,10 @@ struct sock {
 	u32			sk_max_ack_backlog;
 	__u32			sk_priority;
 	__u32			sk_mark;
+	spinlock_t		sk_peer_lock;
 	struct pid		*sk_peer_pid;
 	const struct cred	*sk_peer_cred;
+
 	long			sk_rcvtimeo;
 	long			sk_sndtimeo;
 	struct timer_list	sk_timer;
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index d468ffb5a31c..1845a37d9f7e 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -1011,7 +1011,6 @@ set_rcvbuf:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sock_setsockopt);
 
-
 static void cred_to_ucred(struct pid *pid, const struct cred *cred,
 			  struct ucred *ucred)
 {
@@ -1171,7 +1170,11 @@ int sock_getsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
 		struct ucred peercred;
 		if (len > sizeof(peercred))
 			len = sizeof(peercred);
+
+		spin_lock(&sk->sk_peer_lock);
 		cred_to_ucred(sk->sk_peer_pid, sk->sk_peer_cred, &peercred);
+		spin_unlock(&sk->sk_peer_lock);
+
 		if (copy_to_user(optval, &peercred, len))
 			return -EFAULT;
 		goto lenout;
@@ -1439,9 +1442,10 @@ static void __sk_destruct(struct rcu_head *head)
 		sk->sk_frag.page = NULL;
 	}
 
-	if (sk->sk_peer_cred)
-		put_cred(sk->sk_peer_cred);
+	/* We do not need to acquire sk->sk_peer_lock, we are the last user. */
+	put_cred(sk->sk_peer_cred);
 	put_pid(sk->sk_peer_pid);
+
 	if (likely(sk->sk_net_refcnt))
 		put_net(sock_net(sk));
 	sk_prot_free(sk->sk_prot_creator, sk);
@@ -2490,6 +2494,8 @@ void sock_init_data(struct socket *sock, struct sock *sk)
 
 	sk->sk_peer_pid 	=	NULL;
 	sk->sk_peer_cred	=	NULL;
+	spin_lock_init(&sk->sk_peer_lock);
+
 	sk->sk_write_pending	=	0;
 	sk->sk_rcvlowat		=	1;
 	sk->sk_rcvtimeo		=	MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT;
diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index 2c643e1919aa..e7e012933714 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -594,20 +594,42 @@ static void unix_release_sock(struct sock *sk, int embrion)
 
 static void init_peercred(struct sock *sk)
 {
-	put_pid(sk->sk_peer_pid);
-	if (sk->sk_peer_cred)
-		put_cred(sk->sk_peer_cred);
+	const struct cred *old_cred;
+	struct pid *old_pid;
+
+	spin_lock(&sk->sk_peer_lock);
+	old_pid = sk->sk_peer_pid;
+	old_cred = sk->sk_peer_cred;
 	sk->sk_peer_pid  = get_pid(task_tgid(current));
 	sk->sk_peer_cred = get_current_cred();
+	spin_unlock(&sk->sk_peer_lock);
+
+	put_pid(old_pid);
+	put_cred(old_cred);
 }
 
 static void copy_peercred(struct sock *sk, struct sock *peersk)
 {
-	put_pid(sk->sk_peer_pid);
-	if (sk->sk_peer_cred)
-		put_cred(sk->sk_peer_cred);
+	const struct cred *old_cred;
+	struct pid *old_pid;
+
+	if (sk < peersk) {
+		spin_lock(&sk->sk_peer_lock);
+		spin_lock_nested(&peersk->sk_peer_lock, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
+	} else {
+		spin_lock(&peersk->sk_peer_lock);
+		spin_lock_nested(&sk->sk_peer_lock, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
+	}
+	old_pid = sk->sk_peer_pid;
+	old_cred = sk->sk_peer_cred;
 	sk->sk_peer_pid  = get_pid(peersk->sk_peer_pid);
 	sk->sk_peer_cred = get_cred(peersk->sk_peer_cred);
+
+	spin_unlock(&sk->sk_peer_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&peersk->sk_peer_lock);
+
+	put_pid(old_pid);
+	put_cred(old_cred);
 }
 
 static int unix_listen(struct socket *sock, int backlog)