diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 96300cdc0625..34102aa4ab0a 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -1801,7 +1801,7 @@ int __sys_listen(int fd, int backlog)
 
 	sock = sockfd_lookup_light(fd, &err, &fput_needed);
 	if (sock) {
-		somaxconn = sock_net(sock->sk)->core.sysctl_somaxconn;
+		somaxconn = READ_ONCE(sock_net(sock->sk)->core.sysctl_somaxconn);
 		if ((unsigned int)backlog > somaxconn)
 			backlog = somaxconn;