diff --git a/net/smc/af_smc.c b/net/smc/af_smc.c
index 9bbab6ba2dab0d9c2d685453371233576ba7e1a9..26dcd02b2d0cefbd2874edb1132f2e0d64dab97c 100644
--- a/net/smc/af_smc.c
+++ b/net/smc/af_smc.c
@@ -1680,14 +1680,18 @@ static int smc_setsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
 		}
 		break;
 	case TCP_NODELAY:
-		if (sk->sk_state != SMC_INIT && sk->sk_state != SMC_LISTEN) {
+		if (sk->sk_state != SMC_INIT &&
+		    sk->sk_state != SMC_LISTEN &&
+		    sk->sk_state != SMC_CLOSED) {
 			if (val && !smc->use_fallback)
 				mod_delayed_work(system_wq, &smc->conn.tx_work,
 						 0);
 		}
 		break;
 	case TCP_CORK:
-		if (sk->sk_state != SMC_INIT && sk->sk_state != SMC_LISTEN) {
+		if (sk->sk_state != SMC_INIT &&
+		    sk->sk_state != SMC_LISTEN &&
+		    sk->sk_state != SMC_CLOSED) {
 			if (!val && !smc->use_fallback)
 				mod_delayed_work(system_wq, &smc->conn.tx_work,
 						 0);