diff --git a/include/net/inet_sock.h b/include/net/inet_sock.h
index 012b1f91f3ec4e3b018fb1b900692342eaefe108..236a81034fefec203e27bb73b5a1e5d7d512f8d5 100644
--- a/include/net/inet_sock.h
+++ b/include/net/inet_sock.h
@@ -97,7 +97,12 @@ struct inet_request_sock {
 	u32                     ir_mark;
 	union {
 		struct ip_options_rcu	*opt;
-		struct sk_buff		*pktopts;
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
+		struct {
+			struct ipv6_txoptions	*ipv6_opt;
+			struct sk_buff		*pktopts;
+		};
+#endif
 	};
 };
 
diff --git a/net/dccp/ipv6.c b/net/dccp/ipv6.c
index 4663a01d503991c138c56da530544791832fee5f..3381748bd0f3ba00526207a4f3598a1ddf753a9e 100644
--- a/net/dccp/ipv6.c
+++ b/net/dccp/ipv6.c
@@ -216,14 +216,17 @@ static int dccp_v6_send_response(const struct sock *sk, struct request_sock *req
 	skb = dccp_make_response(sk, dst, req);
 	if (skb != NULL) {
 		struct dccp_hdr *dh = dccp_hdr(skb);
+		struct ipv6_txoptions *opt;
 
 		dh->dccph_checksum = dccp_v6_csum_finish(skb,
 							 &ireq->ir_v6_loc_addr,
 							 &ireq->ir_v6_rmt_addr);
 		fl6.daddr = ireq->ir_v6_rmt_addr;
 		rcu_read_lock();
-		err = ip6_xmit(sk, skb, &fl6, rcu_dereference(np->opt),
-			       np->tclass);
+		opt = ireq->ipv6_opt;
+		if (!opt)
+			opt = rcu_dereference(np->opt);
+		err = ip6_xmit(sk, skb, &fl6, opt, np->tclass);
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		err = net_xmit_eval(err);
 	}
@@ -236,6 +239,7 @@ static int dccp_v6_send_response(const struct sock *sk, struct request_sock *req
 static void dccp_v6_reqsk_destructor(struct request_sock *req)
 {
 	dccp_feat_list_purge(&dccp_rsk(req)->dreq_featneg);
+	kfree(inet_rsk(req)->ipv6_opt);
 	kfree_skb(inet_rsk(req)->pktopts);
 }
 
@@ -494,7 +498,9 @@ static struct sock *dccp_v6_request_recv_sock(const struct sock *sk,
 	 * Yes, keeping reference count would be much more clever, but we make
 	 * one more one thing there: reattach optmem to newsk.
 	 */
-	opt = rcu_dereference(np->opt);
+	opt = ireq->ipv6_opt;
+	if (!opt)
+		opt = rcu_dereference(np->opt);
 	if (opt) {
 		opt = ipv6_dup_options(newsk, opt);
 		RCU_INIT_POINTER(newnp->opt, opt);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index e6e65f79ade82132e1a2e5578ba01f43aed15140..071174c13bf95e195844a63b0f8b5bb84e05b662 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -6146,6 +6146,9 @@ struct request_sock *inet_reqsk_alloc(const struct request_sock_ops *ops,
 
 		kmemcheck_annotate_bitfield(ireq, flags);
 		ireq->opt = NULL;
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
+		ireq->pktopts = NULL;
+#endif
 		atomic64_set(&ireq->ir_cookie, 0);
 		ireq->ireq_state = TCP_NEW_SYN_RECV;
 		write_pnet(&ireq->ireq_net, sock_net(sk_listener));
diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index 711d209f912473b28eddf3eb7f83a51d568d9f4d..18daddc6001c5063a2223f0fc2d90658ce6813f7 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -443,6 +443,7 @@ static int tcp_v6_send_synack(const struct sock *sk, struct dst_entry *dst,
 {
 	struct inet_request_sock *ireq = inet_rsk(req);
 	struct ipv6_pinfo *np = inet6_sk(sk);
+	struct ipv6_txoptions *opt;
 	struct flowi6 *fl6 = &fl->u.ip6;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	int err = -ENOMEM;
@@ -463,8 +464,10 @@ static int tcp_v6_send_synack(const struct sock *sk, struct dst_entry *dst,
 			fl6->flowlabel = ip6_flowlabel(ipv6_hdr(ireq->pktopts));
 
 		rcu_read_lock();
-		err = ip6_xmit(sk, skb, fl6, rcu_dereference(np->opt),
-			       np->tclass);
+		opt = ireq->ipv6_opt;
+		if (!opt)
+			opt = rcu_dereference(np->opt);
+		err = ip6_xmit(sk, skb, fl6, opt, np->tclass);
 		rcu_read_unlock();
 		err = net_xmit_eval(err);
 	}
@@ -476,6 +479,7 @@ static int tcp_v6_send_synack(const struct sock *sk, struct dst_entry *dst,
 
 static void tcp_v6_reqsk_destructor(struct request_sock *req)
 {
+	kfree(inet_rsk(req)->ipv6_opt);
 	kfree_skb(inet_rsk(req)->pktopts);
 }
 
@@ -1107,7 +1111,9 @@ static struct sock *tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *
 	   but we make one more one thing there: reattach optmem
 	   to newsk.
 	 */
-	opt = rcu_dereference(np->opt);
+	opt = ireq->ipv6_opt;
+	if (!opt)
+		opt = rcu_dereference(np->opt);
 	if (opt) {
 		opt = ipv6_dup_options(newsk, opt);
 		RCU_INIT_POINTER(newnp->opt, opt);