diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 3da4cd632ba8..6d9af4ef93d7 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -1896,8 +1896,10 @@ struct sock *sk_clone_lock(const struct sock *sk, const gfp_t priority)
 	newsk->sk_prot_creator = prot;
 
 	/* SANITY */
-	if (likely(newsk->sk_net_refcnt))
+	if (likely(newsk->sk_net_refcnt)) {
 		get_net(sock_net(newsk));
+		sock_inuse_add(sock_net(newsk), 1);
+	}
 	sk_node_init(&newsk->sk_node);
 	sock_lock_init(newsk);
 	bh_lock_sock(newsk);
@@ -1968,8 +1970,6 @@ struct sock *sk_clone_lock(const struct sock *sk, const gfp_t priority)
 	newsk->sk_err_soft = 0;
 	newsk->sk_priority = 0;
 	newsk->sk_incoming_cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
-	if (likely(newsk->sk_net_refcnt))
-		sock_inuse_add(sock_net(newsk), 1);
 
 	/* Before updating sk_refcnt, we must commit prior changes to memory
 	 * (Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.rst for details)