diff --git a/arch/alpha/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/alpha/include/asm/socket.h
index 3641ec1452f49f14f3082e543a93bfa38e3da972..2f8b4d3777497ea0f640573feacfa5656dc96a1d 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/alpha/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 #define	SO_RCVTIMEO	0x1012
 #define	SO_SNDTIMEO	0x1013
 #define SO_ACCEPTCONN	0x1014
+#define SO_PROTOCOL	0x1028
 
 /* linux-specific, might as well be the same as on i386 */
 #define SO_NO_CHECK	11
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/socket.h
index 537de4e0ef50657ff4d855443043ca73e33ec689..7f47454ffbf3ebcf440e658a639421ab266440f1 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -57,4 +57,6 @@
 #define SO_TIMESTAMPING		37
 #define SCM_TIMESTAMPING	SO_TIMESTAMPING
 
+#define SO_PROTOCOL		38
+
 #endif /* _ASM_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/arch/avr32/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/avr32/include/asm/socket.h
index 04c8606197007b9003d650e100ff4ff54ba8bd2b..6af2866a4f003eb3a315010e8b6d69ab887cd61f 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/avr32/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -57,4 +57,6 @@
 #define SO_TIMESTAMPING		37
 #define SCM_TIMESTAMPING	SO_TIMESTAMPING
 
+#define SO_PROTOCOL		38
+
 #endif /* __ASM_AVR32_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/arch/cris/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/cris/include/asm/socket.h
index d5cf740054082d5ca51fd184bd9d88cef4d5e4bb..f3859fb0990c6502c9f5b95e435af38832562164 100644
--- a/arch/cris/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/cris/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@
 #define SO_TIMESTAMPING		37
 #define SCM_TIMESTAMPING	SO_TIMESTAMPING
 
+#define SO_PROTOCOL		38
+
 #endif /* _ASM_SOCKET_H */
 
 
diff --git a/arch/frv/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/frv/include/asm/socket.h
index 57c3d4054e8bd9bf082eb151d632b0ab841f9035..8dab3486ffa40f6feae5cd312e1d3fa2e8a91605 100644
--- a/arch/frv/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/frv/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -57,5 +57,7 @@
 #define SO_TIMESTAMPING		37
 #define SCM_TIMESTAMPING	SO_TIMESTAMPING
 
+#define SO_PROTOCOL		38
+
 #endif /* _ASM_SOCKET_H */
 
diff --git a/arch/h8300/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/h8300/include/asm/socket.h
index 602518a70a1a4a32d4771e869b884f3becc6721e..ba770d09cd6370371218b6156f04fbe845672ed1 100644
--- a/arch/h8300/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/h8300/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -57,4 +57,6 @@
 #define SO_TIMESTAMPING		37
 #define SCM_TIMESTAMPING	SO_TIMESTAMPING
 
+#define SO_PROTOCOL		38
+
 #endif /* _ASM_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/socket.h
index 745421225ec6b5a4c6eec31897cc8d7199883ab4..091cd9d47d0fe261b35fd6b9ecef8784d2d8eda4 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -66,4 +66,6 @@
 #define SO_TIMESTAMPING		37
 #define SCM_TIMESTAMPING	SO_TIMESTAMPING
 
+#define SO_PROTOCOL		38
+
 #endif /* _ASM_IA64_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/arch/m32r/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/m32r/include/asm/socket.h
index be7ed589af5cbd37231ee8851677bbf09231a892..d36f5928fb7981e58ff382f224fd24e88e7f0245 100644
--- a/arch/m32r/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/m32r/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -57,4 +57,6 @@
 #define SO_TIMESTAMPING		37
 #define SCM_TIMESTAMPING	SO_TIMESTAMPING
 
+#define SO_PROTOCOL		38
+
 #endif /* _ASM_M32R_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/arch/m68k/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/m68k/include/asm/socket.h
index ca87f938b03f15ac041492791bab3e3e5aceca27..060cb7ed024fcf4c5cc680f574cd8d37d1821b12 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/m68k/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -57,4 +57,6 @@
 #define SO_TIMESTAMPING		37
 #define SCM_TIMESTAMPING	SO_TIMESTAMPING
 
+#define SO_PROTOCOL		38
+
 #endif /* _ASM_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/socket.h
index 8259368603149ea09320b079b1d41bebfb385211..96bf8bfa935e114e5ced1662f9bc66b9b84e3ff5 100644
--- a/arch/microblaze/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/microblaze/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -66,4 +66,6 @@
 #define SO_TIMESTAMPING		37
 #define SCM_TIMESTAMPING	SO_TIMESTAMPING
 
+#define SO_PROTOCOL		38
+
 #endif /* _ASM_MICROBLAZE_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/socket.h
index 2abca17801696314c979fb2997761649e977bb36..289ce5f5f2a30d97a892745484d8ab7cf1d8cd4d 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ To add: #define SO_REUSEPORT 0x0200	/* Allow local address and port reuse.  */
 #define SO_SNDTIMEO	0x1005	/* send timeout */
 #define SO_RCVTIMEO 	0x1006	/* receive timeout */
 #define SO_ACCEPTCONN	0x1009
+#define SO_PROTOCOL	0x1028	/* protocol type */
 
 /* linux-specific, might as well be the same as on i386 */
 #define SO_NO_CHECK	11
diff --git a/arch/mn10300/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/mn10300/include/asm/socket.h
index fb5daf438ec92b0fb244f29b094357272e5a1362..19d7cf709b77bf661cdd72d3b03b2e49a4623e4f 100644
--- a/arch/mn10300/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/mn10300/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -57,4 +57,6 @@
 #define SO_TIMESTAMPING		37
 #define SCM_TIMESTAMPING	SO_TIMESTAMPING
 
+#define SO_PROTOCOL		38
+
 #endif /* _ASM_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/socket.h
index 885472bf7b7883254afe15bf4c3c3d408731efc2..a658b09df624ed7a5412ad52f6ae9be651b44577 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #define SO_RCVTIMEO	0x1006
 #define SO_ERROR	0x1007
 #define SO_TYPE		0x1008
+#define SO_PROTOCOL	0x1028
 #define SO_PEERNAME	0x2000
 
 #define SO_NO_CHECK	0x400b
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/socket.h
index 1e5cfad0e3f7d664220ebcb4f93a3ab9ae67979e..609049d7117e9460826d3868e7551b389925cbc1 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -64,4 +64,6 @@
 #define SO_TIMESTAMPING		37
 #define SCM_TIMESTAMPING	SO_TIMESTAMPING
 
+#define SO_PROTOCOL		38
+
 #endif	/* _ASM_POWERPC_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/socket.h
index 02330c50241b161a50b748e501d0b386054f88a1..65baa9a83abc318aa07348e0aaadc85db7faf924 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -65,4 +65,6 @@
 #define SO_TIMESTAMPING		37
 #define SCM_TIMESTAMPING	SO_TIMESTAMPING
 
+#define SO_PROTOCOL		38
+
 #endif /* _ASM_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/socket.h
index 982a12f959f476ea9c55c37bb27ce790f2b250ca..9cbbfafd05384196b49194a0e421693fde01e379 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@
 #define SO_RCVBUFFORCE	0x100b
 #define SO_ERROR	0x1007
 #define SO_TYPE		0x1008
+#define SO_PROTOCOL	0x1028
+
 
 /* Linux specific, keep the same. */
 #define SO_NO_CHECK	0x000b
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/socket.h
index ca8bf2cd0ba99278af42bdd46a1747e8ea6e7f43..1077d2535a3200a975777c5283ede2370e13625c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -57,4 +57,6 @@
 #define SO_TIMESTAMPING		37
 #define SCM_TIMESTAMPING	SO_TIMESTAMPING
 
+#define SO_PROTOCOL		38
+
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/socket.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/socket.h
index dd1a7a4a1ceaa122a403fa7c173e0720c9d4a1d2..e47f172142f1e340b43630feb974c2b016519b01 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/socket.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/socket.h
@@ -68,4 +68,6 @@
 #define SO_TIMESTAMPING		37
 #define SCM_TIMESTAMPING	SO_TIMESTAMPING
 
+#define SO_PROTOCOL		38
+
 #endif	/* _XTENSA_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/include/asm-generic/socket.h b/include/asm-generic/socket.h
index 5d79e409241cec82ee367c60807192b5e7fad268..7e24d186616e08bcbcf748f87c244a2f4ba0bb08 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/socket.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/socket.h
@@ -60,4 +60,6 @@
 #define SO_TIMESTAMPING		37
 #define SCM_TIMESTAMPING	SO_TIMESTAMPING
 
+#define SO_PROTOCOL		38
+
 #endif /* __ASM_GENERIC_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index a324a80c163ef6c25099dcb53ea431caa98121e3..ebce661234acd049e565d363def2408216a9ace1 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -482,6 +482,7 @@ int sock_setsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
 		sk->sk_reuse = valbool;
 		break;
 	case SO_TYPE:
+	case SO_PROTOCOL:
 	case SO_ERROR:
 		ret = -ENOPROTOOPT;
 		break;
@@ -764,6 +765,10 @@ int sock_getsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
 		v.val = sk->sk_type;
 		break;
 
+	case SO_PROTOCOL:
+		v.val = sk->sk_protocol;
+		break;
+
 	case SO_ERROR:
 		v.val = -sock_error(sk);
 		if (v.val == 0)