diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index 971282b6f6a38fd056dd65d127b85f044b7c6041..f153a8d6e3398e46eaecc53eb16a97c258ef8062 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -1412,8 +1412,8 @@ static void maybe_add_creds(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct socket *sock,
 	if (UNIXCB(skb).cred)
 		return;
 	if (test_bit(SOCK_PASSCRED, &sock->flags) ||
-	    (other->sk_socket &&
-	    test_bit(SOCK_PASSCRED, &other->sk_socket->flags))) {
+	    !other->sk_socket ||
+	    test_bit(SOCK_PASSCRED, &other->sk_socket->flags)) {
 		UNIXCB(skb).pid  = get_pid(task_tgid(current));
 		UNIXCB(skb).cred = get_current_cred();
 	}