diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index 453c79d0915ba00ca8b33ff160ba64cb7c58a521..b9cfe125c9e68e56ed4768552280e71cb894ba16 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -922,14 +922,18 @@ static inline void sk_filter_rcu_free(struct rcu_head *rcu)
  *	Remove a filter from a socket and release its resources.
  */
 
-static inline void sk_filter_release(struct sock *sk, struct sk_filter *fp)
+static inline void sk_filter_release(struct sk_filter *fp)
+{
+	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&fp->refcnt))
+		call_rcu_bh(&fp->rcu, sk_filter_rcu_free);
+}
+
+static inline void sk_filter_uncharge(struct sock *sk, struct sk_filter *fp)
 {
 	unsigned int size = sk_filter_len(fp);
 
 	atomic_sub(size, &sk->sk_omem_alloc);
-
-	if (atomic_dec_and_test(&fp->refcnt))
-		call_rcu_bh(&fp->rcu, sk_filter_rcu_free);
+	sk_filter_release(fp);
 }
 
 static inline void sk_filter_charge(struct sock *sk, struct sk_filter *fp)
diff --git a/net/core/filter.c b/net/core/filter.c
index fd607581ab503bb69043cbbc154265c3799baf05..2be1830d3c35183d033ecc9108f98ae58d204c0a 100644
--- a/net/core/filter.c
+++ b/net/core/filter.c
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ int sk_attach_filter(struct sock_fprog *fprog, struct sock *sk)
 	}
 
 	if (fp)
-		sk_filter_release(sk, fp);
+		sk_filter_uncharge(sk, fp);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ int sk_detach_filter(struct sock *sk)
 	filter = rcu_dereference(sk->sk_filter);
 	if (filter) {
 		rcu_assign_pointer(sk->sk_filter, NULL);
-		sk_filter_release(sk, filter);
+		sk_filter_uncharge(sk, filter);
 		ret = 0;
 	}
 	rcu_read_unlock_bh();
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 07101381b8b78df697987325a421d37dd308537f..d292b4113d6e240829c48cbd84e24ab5da660764 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -915,7 +915,7 @@ void sk_free(struct sock *sk)
 
 	filter = rcu_dereference(sk->sk_filter);
 	if (filter) {
-		sk_filter_release(sk, filter);
+		sk_filter_uncharge(sk, filter);
 		rcu_assign_pointer(sk->sk_filter, NULL);
 	}