diff --git a/include/linux/socket.h b/include/linux/socket.h
index 9aa530d497da8f738e2f2fd6f2d1b94bfd65c29c..42222a84167f3691547df7b96499f3bf7803aa1f 100644
--- a/include/linux/socket.h
+++ b/include/linux/socket.h
@@ -436,5 +436,6 @@ extern int __sys_getpeername(int fd, struct sockaddr __user *usockaddr,
 			     int __user *usockaddr_len);
 extern int __sys_socketpair(int family, int type, int protocol,
 			    int __user *usockvec);
+extern int __sys_shutdown_sock(struct socket *sock, int how);
 extern int __sys_shutdown(int fd, int how);
 #endif /* _LINUX_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 78fdcbe5eaa55d79119f739d0db68296c380ee15..b4d0f9957ffcba2cb9f6e39f617fec1ca83b02d7 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -2183,6 +2183,17 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE5(getsockopt, int, fd, int, level, int, optname,
  *	Shutdown a socket.
  */
 
+int __sys_shutdown_sock(struct socket *sock, int how)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	err = security_socket_shutdown(sock, how);
+	if (!err)
+		err = sock->ops->shutdown(sock, how);
+
+	return err;
+}
+
 int __sys_shutdown(int fd, int how)
 {
 	int err, fput_needed;
@@ -2190,9 +2201,7 @@ int __sys_shutdown(int fd, int how)
 
 	sock = sockfd_lookup_light(fd, &err, &fput_needed);
 	if (sock != NULL) {
-		err = security_socket_shutdown(sock, how);
-		if (!err)
-			err = sock->ops->shutdown(sock, how);
+		err = __sys_shutdown_sock(sock, how);
 		fput_light(sock->file, fput_needed);
 	}
 	return err;