diff --git a/drivers/net/tun.c b/drivers/net/tun.c
index f01db73dab05..957e6051c535 100644
--- a/drivers/net/tun.c
+++ b/drivers/net/tun.c
@@ -742,7 +742,6 @@ static void __tun_detach(struct tun_file *tfile, bool clean)
 		if (tun)
 			xdp_rxq_info_unreg(&tfile->xdp_rxq);
 		ptr_ring_cleanup(&tfile->tx_ring, tun_ptr_free);
-		sock_put(&tfile->sk);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -758,6 +757,9 @@ static void tun_detach(struct tun_file *tfile, bool clean)
 	if (dev)
 		netdev_state_change(dev);
 	rtnl_unlock();
+
+	if (clean)
+		sock_put(&tfile->sk);
 }
 
 static void tun_detach_all(struct net_device *dev)