diff --git a/net/rds/tcp.c b/net/rds/tcp.c
index 86187dad14403100ff6199ee79beed5262de818f..8faa0b1ae39dd8bbd2f5fe44610ae1ebe4d1c64c 100644
--- a/net/rds/tcp.c
+++ b/net/rds/tcp.c
@@ -126,9 +126,68 @@ void rds_tcp_restore_callbacks(struct socket *sock,
 }
 
 /*
- * This is the only path that sets tc->t_sock.  Send and receive trust that
- * it is set.  The RDS_CONN_UP bit protects those paths from being
- * called while it isn't set.
+ * rds_tcp_reset_callbacks() switches the to the new sock and
+ * returns the existing tc->t_sock.
+ *
+ * The only functions that set tc->t_sock are rds_tcp_set_callbacks
+ * and rds_tcp_reset_callbacks.  Send and receive trust that
+ * it is set.  The absence of RDS_CONN_UP bit protects those paths
+ * from being called while it isn't set.
+ */
+void rds_tcp_reset_callbacks(struct socket *sock,
+			     struct rds_connection *conn)
+{
+	struct rds_tcp_connection *tc = conn->c_transport_data;
+	struct socket *osock = tc->t_sock;
+
+	if (!osock)
+		goto newsock;
+
+	/* Need to resolve a duelling SYN between peers.
+	 * We have an outstanding SYN to this peer, which may
+	 * potentially have transitioned to the RDS_CONN_UP state,
+	 * so we must quiesce any send threads before resetting
+	 * c_transport_data. We quiesce these threads by setting
+	 * cp_state to something other than RDS_CONN_UP, and then
+	 * waiting for any existing threads in rds_send_xmit to
+	 * complete release_in_xmit(). (Subsequent threads entering
+	 * rds_send_xmit() will bail on !rds_conn_up().
+	 */
+	lock_sock(osock->sk);
+	/* reset receive side state for rds_tcp_data_recv() for osock  */
+	if (tc->t_tinc) {
+		rds_inc_put(&tc->t_tinc->ti_inc);
+		tc->t_tinc = NULL;
+	}
+	tc->t_tinc_hdr_rem = sizeof(struct rds_header);
+	tc->t_tinc_data_rem = 0;
+	tc->t_sock = NULL;
+
+	write_lock_bh(&osock->sk->sk_callback_lock);
+
+	osock->sk->sk_user_data = NULL;
+	osock->sk->sk_data_ready = tc->t_orig_data_ready;
+	osock->sk->sk_write_space = tc->t_orig_write_space;
+	osock->sk->sk_state_change = tc->t_orig_state_change;
+	write_unlock_bh(&osock->sk->sk_callback_lock);
+	release_sock(osock->sk);
+	sock_release(osock);
+newsock:
+	lock_sock(sock->sk);
+	write_lock_bh(&sock->sk->sk_callback_lock);
+	tc->t_sock = sock;
+	sock->sk->sk_user_data = conn;
+	sock->sk->sk_data_ready = rds_tcp_data_ready;
+	sock->sk->sk_write_space = rds_tcp_write_space;
+	sock->sk->sk_state_change = rds_tcp_state_change;
+
+	write_unlock_bh(&sock->sk->sk_callback_lock);
+	release_sock(sock->sk);
+}
+
+/* Add tc to rds_tcp_tc_list and set tc->t_sock. See comments
+ * above rds_tcp_reset_callbacks for notes about synchronization
+ * with data path
  */
 void rds_tcp_set_callbacks(struct socket *sock, struct rds_connection *conn)
 {
diff --git a/net/rds/tcp.h b/net/rds/tcp.h
index 41c228300525c029df02472b609ada1a71cea98e..ec0602b0dc24b443c40437d5697037082d270f44 100644
--- a/net/rds/tcp.h
+++ b/net/rds/tcp.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ struct rds_tcp_statistics {
 void rds_tcp_tune(struct socket *sock);
 void rds_tcp_nonagle(struct socket *sock);
 void rds_tcp_set_callbacks(struct socket *sock, struct rds_connection *conn);
+void rds_tcp_reset_callbacks(struct socket *sock, struct rds_connection *conn);
 void rds_tcp_restore_callbacks(struct socket *sock,
 			       struct rds_tcp_connection *tc);
 u32 rds_tcp_snd_nxt(struct rds_tcp_connection *tc);
diff --git a/net/rds/tcp_listen.c b/net/rds/tcp_listen.c
index 4bf4befe5066a0084a7430cc39f9fd0c08a9a20e..d9fe53675d9584b1a51ab44064a5c7f51556f2e2 100644
--- a/net/rds/tcp_listen.c
+++ b/net/rds/tcp_listen.c
@@ -78,7 +78,6 @@ int rds_tcp_accept_one(struct socket *sock)
 	struct inet_sock *inet;
 	struct rds_tcp_connection *rs_tcp = NULL;
 	int conn_state;
-	struct sock *nsk;
 
 	if (!sock) /* module unload or netns delete in progress */
 		return -ENETUNREACH;
@@ -139,23 +138,19 @@ int rds_tcp_accept_one(struct socket *sock)
 			atomic_set(&conn->c_state, RDS_CONN_CONNECTING);
 			wait_event(conn->c_waitq,
 				   !test_bit(RDS_IN_XMIT, &conn->c_flags));
-			rds_tcp_restore_callbacks(rs_tcp->t_sock, rs_tcp);
+			rds_tcp_reset_callbacks(new_sock, conn);
 			conn->c_outgoing = 0;
 		}
+	} else {
+		rds_tcp_set_callbacks(new_sock, conn);
 	}
-	rds_tcp_set_callbacks(new_sock, conn);
 	rds_connect_complete(conn); /* marks RDS_CONN_UP */
 	new_sock = NULL;
 	ret = 0;
 	goto out;
 rst_nsk:
 	/* reset the newly returned accept sock and bail */
-	nsk = new_sock->sk;
-	rds_tcp_stats_inc(s_tcp_listen_closed_stale);
-	nsk->sk_user_data = NULL;
-	nsk->sk_prot->disconnect(nsk, 0);
-	tcp_done(nsk);
-	new_sock = NULL;
+	kernel_sock_shutdown(new_sock, SHUT_RDWR);
 	ret = 0;
 out:
 	if (rs_tcp)