diff --git a/include/net/inet_timewait_sock.h b/include/net/inet_timewait_sock.h
index 79f67eae8a7e212f30e5b89e09ede8b4d21a245b..a066fdd50da6c5041a12bb4983eeb4b9c8b9eee1 100644
--- a/include/net/inet_timewait_sock.h
+++ b/include/net/inet_timewait_sock.h
@@ -224,7 +224,9 @@ static inline
 struct net *twsk_net(const struct inet_timewait_sock *twsk)
 {
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS
-	return rcu_dereference(twsk->tw_net);
+	return rcu_dereference_raw(twsk->tw_net); /* protected by locking, */
+						  /* reference counting, */
+						  /* initialization, or RCU. */
 #else
 	return &init_net;
 #endif