diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index c9f078224569..ff6838ca2e58 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -3610,6 +3610,10 @@ int do_tcp_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
 		break;
 
 	case TCP_AO_REPAIR:
+		if (!tcp_can_repair_sock(sk)) {
+			err = -EPERM;
+			break;
+		}
 		err = tcp_ao_set_repair(sk, optval, optlen);
 		break;
 #ifdef CONFIG_TCP_AO
@@ -4309,6 +4313,8 @@ zerocopy_rcv_out:
 	}
 #endif
 	case TCP_AO_REPAIR:
+		if (!tcp_can_repair_sock(sk))
+			return -EPERM;
 		return tcp_ao_get_repair(sk, optval, optlen);
 	case TCP_AO_GET_KEYS:
 	case TCP_AO_INFO: {