diff --git a/include/net/inet_sock.h b/include/net/inet_sock.h
index e2113db93d5f..95aa999f31d7 100644
--- a/include/net/inet_sock.h
+++ b/include/net/inet_sock.h
@@ -113,6 +113,12 @@ static inline u32 inet_request_mark(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	return sk->sk_mark;
 }
 
+static inline struct ip_options_rcu *ireq_opt_deref(const struct inet_request_sock *ireq)
+{
+	return rcu_dereference_check(ireq->ireq_opt,
+				     atomic_read(&ireq->req.rsk_refcnt) > 0);
+}
+
 struct inet_cork {
 	unsigned int		flags;
 	__be32			addr;
diff --git a/net/dccp/ipv4.c b/net/dccp/ipv4.c
index 888ff5a24ec4..6eb2bbf9873b 100644
--- a/net/dccp/ipv4.c
+++ b/net/dccp/ipv4.c
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ static int dccp_v4_send_response(const struct sock *sk, struct request_sock *req
 							      ireq->ir_rmt_addr);
 		err = ip_build_and_send_pkt(skb, sk, ireq->ir_loc_addr,
 					    ireq->ir_rmt_addr,
-					    rcu_dereference(ireq->ireq_opt));
+					    ireq_opt_deref(ireq));
 		err = net_xmit_eval(err);
 	}
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
index 74bc77ae551b..01acb94c4963 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
@@ -415,8 +415,8 @@ struct dst_entry *inet_csk_route_req(const struct sock *sk,
 	struct ip_options_rcu *opt;
 	struct rtable *rt;
 
-	opt = rcu_dereference_protected(ireq->ireq_opt,
-					atomic_read(&req->rsk_refcnt) > 0);
+	opt = ireq_opt_deref(ireq);
+
 	flowi4_init_output(fl4, ireq->ir_iif, ireq->ir_mark,
 			   RT_CONN_FLAGS(sk), RT_SCOPE_UNIVERSE,
 			   sk->sk_protocol, inet_sk_flowi_flags(sk),
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index 85293a285c50..a5d790c13ef5 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -856,7 +856,7 @@ static int tcp_v4_send_synack(const struct sock *sk, struct dst_entry *dst,
 
 		err = ip_build_and_send_pkt(skb, sk, ireq->ir_loc_addr,
 					    ireq->ir_rmt_addr,
-					    rcu_dereference(ireq->ireq_opt));
+					    ireq_opt_deref(ireq));
 		err = net_xmit_eval(err);
 	}