diff --git a/include/net/request_sock.h b/include/net/request_sock.h
index e255ecf8bb400322bfae55a3a09df71752f9a5b8..3275cf31f731897ff7dc8ed98285b5fa3c0e4898 100644
--- a/include/net/request_sock.h
+++ b/include/net/request_sock.h
@@ -77,6 +77,11 @@ static inline struct request_sock *reqsk_alloc(const struct request_sock_ops *op
 	return req;
 }
 
+static inline struct request_sock *inet_reqsk(struct sock *sk)
+{
+	return (struct request_sock *)sk;
+}
+
 static inline void __reqsk_free(struct request_sock *req)
 {
 	kmem_cache_free(req->rsk_ops->slab, req);
diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index 9411c3421dd3ec4c02c51275a223b41972eb7df1..f10832ca2e90a77b8dd0d340e567b12b981c96f2 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -1625,7 +1625,7 @@ static inline void sock_put(struct sock *sk)
 		sk_free(sk);
 }
 /* Generic version of sock_put(), dealing with all sockets
- * (TCP_TIMEWAIT, ESTABLISHED...)
+ * (TCP_TIMEWAIT, TCP_NEW_SYN_RECV, ESTABLISHED...)
  */
 void sock_gen_put(struct sock *sk);
 
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 63d871a91b5c1d37c6f81e35617390f0cc8251dd..4bc42efb3e40863b34ca39da0ccdf7927e648168 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -1668,6 +1668,8 @@ void sock_edemux(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	if (sk->sk_state == TCP_TIME_WAIT)
 		inet_twsk_put(inet_twsk(sk));
+	else if (sk->sk_state == TCP_NEW_SYN_RECV)
+		reqsk_put(inet_reqsk(sk));
 	else
 		sock_put(sk);
 }
diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c b/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c
index f6a12b97d12ba41d6b6bc933e4cb3320d27274f4..64401a2fdd33c512e5be18a841e8d2072d7a724d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c
@@ -262,6 +262,8 @@ void sock_gen_put(struct sock *sk)
 
 	if (sk->sk_state == TCP_TIME_WAIT)
 		inet_twsk_free(inet_twsk(sk));
+	else if (sk->sk_state == TCP_NEW_SYN_RECV)
+		reqsk_free(inet_reqsk(sk));
 	else
 		sk_free(sk);
 }