diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c b/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
index 41f67629ae59..f38b22f54c09 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
@@ -1668,6 +1668,10 @@ int ip6_mroute_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int optname, char __user *optval, uns
 	struct net *net = sock_net(sk);
 	struct mr6_table *mrt;
 
+	if (sk->sk_type != SOCK_RAW ||
+	    inet_sk(sk)->inet_num != IPPROTO_ICMPV6)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	mrt = ip6mr_get_table(net, raw6_sk(sk)->ip6mr_table ? : RT6_TABLE_DFLT);
 	if (!mrt)
 		return -ENOENT;
@@ -1679,9 +1683,6 @@ int ip6_mroute_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int optname, char __user *optval, uns
 
 	switch (optname) {
 	case MRT6_INIT:
-		if (sk->sk_type != SOCK_RAW ||
-		    inet_sk(sk)->inet_num != IPPROTO_ICMPV6)
-			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		if (optlen < sizeof(int))
 			return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -1818,6 +1819,10 @@ int ip6_mroute_getsockopt(struct sock *sk, int optname, char __user *optval,
 	struct net *net = sock_net(sk);
 	struct mr6_table *mrt;
 
+	if (sk->sk_type != SOCK_RAW ||
+	    inet_sk(sk)->inet_num != IPPROTO_ICMPV6)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	mrt = ip6mr_get_table(net, raw6_sk(sk)->ip6mr_table ? : RT6_TABLE_DFLT);
 	if (!mrt)
 		return -ENOENT;