diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index e3fc667f9ac2601d8f9cb50261a7948c41709664..92b06c6e7732ad7c61b580427fc085fa0dff1063 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -374,7 +374,8 @@ enum tcp_tw_status tcp_timewait_state_process(struct inet_timewait_sock *tw,
 					      struct sk_buff *skb,
 					      const struct tcphdr *th);
 struct sock *tcp_check_req(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
-			   struct request_sock *req, bool fastopen);
+			   struct request_sock *req, bool fastopen,
+			   bool *lost_race);
 int tcp_child_process(struct sock *parent, struct sock *child,
 		      struct sk_buff *skb);
 void tcp_enter_loss(struct sock *sk);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 575d3c1fb6e835e225834ca45f58b74ea29e000b..a6b48f6253e3f91d396bf6b03f06be285ba1006c 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -5870,10 +5870,12 @@ int tcp_rcv_state_process(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	tp->rx_opt.saw_tstamp = 0;
 	req = tp->fastopen_rsk;
 	if (req) {
+		bool req_stolen;
+
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(sk->sk_state != TCP_SYN_RECV &&
 		    sk->sk_state != TCP_FIN_WAIT1);
 
-		if (!tcp_check_req(sk, skb, req, true))
+		if (!tcp_check_req(sk, skb, req, true, &req_stolen))
 			goto discard;
 	}
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index ac16795486ea8678676e52bfc41ee240aabea0b3..f3e52bc9898029ad7606479bcd1fd3dc84ed261d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -1672,6 +1672,7 @@ int tcp_v4_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	if (sk->sk_state == TCP_NEW_SYN_RECV) {
 		struct request_sock *req = inet_reqsk(sk);
+		bool req_stolen = false;
 		struct sock *nsk;
 
 		sk = req->rsk_listener;
@@ -1694,10 +1695,20 @@ int tcp_v4_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 			th = (const struct tcphdr *)skb->data;
 			iph = ip_hdr(skb);
 			tcp_v4_fill_cb(skb, iph, th);
-			nsk = tcp_check_req(sk, skb, req, false);
+			nsk = tcp_check_req(sk, skb, req, false, &req_stolen);
 		}
 		if (!nsk) {
 			reqsk_put(req);
+			if (req_stolen) {
+				/* Another cpu got exclusive access to req
+				 * and created a full blown socket.
+				 * Try to feed this packet to this socket
+				 * instead of discarding it.
+				 */
+				tcp_v4_restore_cb(skb);
+				sock_put(sk);
+				goto lookup;
+			}
 			goto discard_and_relse;
 		}
 		if (nsk == sk) {
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
index a8384b0c11f8fa589e2ed5311899b62c80a269f8..e7e36433cdb5d9aabb5d194ef6395f3c9e415d56 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
@@ -578,7 +578,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(tcp_create_openreq_child);
 
 struct sock *tcp_check_req(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			   struct request_sock *req,
-			   bool fastopen)
+			   bool fastopen, bool *req_stolen)
 {
 	struct tcp_options_received tmp_opt;
 	struct sock *child;
@@ -785,6 +785,7 @@ struct sock *tcp_check_req(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	sock_rps_save_rxhash(child, skb);
 	tcp_synack_rtt_meas(child, req);
+	*req_stolen = !own_req;
 	return inet_csk_complete_hashdance(sk, child, req, own_req);
 
 listen_overflow:
diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index 412139f4eccd96923daaea064cd9fb8be13f5916..883df0ad5bfe9d5373c0f7ed37107cdc57959569 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -1451,6 +1451,7 @@ static int tcp_v6_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	if (sk->sk_state == TCP_NEW_SYN_RECV) {
 		struct request_sock *req = inet_reqsk(sk);
+		bool req_stolen = false;
 		struct sock *nsk;
 
 		sk = req->rsk_listener;
@@ -1470,10 +1471,20 @@ static int tcp_v6_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 			th = (const struct tcphdr *)skb->data;
 			hdr = ipv6_hdr(skb);
 			tcp_v6_fill_cb(skb, hdr, th);
-			nsk = tcp_check_req(sk, skb, req, false);
+			nsk = tcp_check_req(sk, skb, req, false, &req_stolen);
 		}
 		if (!nsk) {
 			reqsk_put(req);
+			if (req_stolen) {
+				/* Another cpu got exclusive access to req
+				 * and created a full blown socket.
+				 * Try to feed this packet to this socket
+				 * instead of discarding it.
+				 */
+				tcp_v6_restore_cb(skb);
+				sock_put(sk);
+				goto lookup;
+			}
 			goto discard_and_relse;
 		}
 		if (nsk == sk) {