diff --git a/net/core/net_namespace.c b/net/core/net_namespace.c
index b5c351d2830b..ccd20669ac00 100644
--- a/net/core/net_namespace.c
+++ b/net/core/net_namespace.c
@@ -310,6 +310,25 @@ out_undo:
 	goto out;
 }
 
+static int __net_init net_defaults_init_net(struct net *net)
+{
+	net->core.sysctl_somaxconn = SOMAXCONN;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static struct pernet_operations net_defaults_ops = {
+	.init = net_defaults_init_net,
+};
+
+static __init int net_defaults_init(void)
+{
+	if (register_pernet_subsys(&net_defaults_ops))
+		panic("Cannot initialize net default settings");
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+core_initcall(net_defaults_init);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS
 static struct kmem_cache *net_cachep;
diff --git a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
index 6578a0a2f708..32898247d8bf 100644
--- a/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
+++ b/net/core/sysctl_net_core.c
@@ -429,8 +429,6 @@ static __net_init int sysctl_core_net_init(struct net *net)
 {
 	struct ctl_table *tbl;
 
-	net->core.sysctl_somaxconn = SOMAXCONN;
-
 	tbl = netns_core_table;
 	if (!net_eq(net, &init_net)) {
 		tbl = kmemdup(tbl, sizeof(netns_core_table), GFP_KERNEL);