diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index 976433438c6f..c65baac40548 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -2185,6 +2185,8 @@ void sk_reset_timer(struct sock *sk, struct timer_list *timer,
 
 void sk_stop_timer(struct sock *sk, struct timer_list *timer);
 
+void sk_stop_timer_sync(struct sock *sk, struct timer_list *timer);
+
 int __sk_queue_drop_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff_head *sk_queue,
 			struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int flags,
 			void (*destructor)(struct sock *sk,
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index a2b12a5cf42b..6cca1ebf904a 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -2882,6 +2882,13 @@ void sk_stop_timer(struct sock *sk, struct timer_list* timer)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sk_stop_timer);
 
+void sk_stop_timer_sync(struct sock *sk, struct timer_list *timer)
+{
+	if (del_timer_sync(timer))
+		__sock_put(sk);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sk_stop_timer_sync);
+
 void sock_init_data(struct socket *sock, struct sock *sk)
 {
 	sk_init_common(sk);