diff --git a/net/smc/smc_close.c b/net/smc/smc_close.c
index 1d706c581592c983713dcd31868ba642c561ffe0..2bbcd45a421e75e27814ffcfde2af55b2385501f 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_close.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_close.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include <linux/sched/signal.h>
 
 #include <net/sock.h>
+#include <net/tcp.h>
 
 #include "smc.h"
 #include "smc_tx.h"
@@ -102,7 +103,7 @@ static int smc_close_final(struct smc_connection *conn)
 	return smc_cdc_get_slot_and_msg_send(conn);
 }
 
-static int smc_close_abort(struct smc_connection *conn)
+int smc_close_abort(struct smc_connection *conn)
 {
 	conn->local_tx_ctrl.conn_state_flags.peer_conn_abort = 1;
 
@@ -118,10 +119,8 @@ static void smc_close_active_abort(struct smc_sock *smc)
 
 	if (sk->sk_state != SMC_INIT && smc->clcsock && smc->clcsock->sk) {
 		sk->sk_err = ECONNABORTED;
-		if (smc->clcsock && smc->clcsock->sk) {
-			smc->clcsock->sk->sk_err = ECONNABORTED;
-			smc->clcsock->sk->sk_state_change(smc->clcsock->sk);
-		}
+		if (smc->clcsock && smc->clcsock->sk)
+			tcp_abort(smc->clcsock->sk, ECONNABORTED);
 	}
 	switch (sk->sk_state) {
 	case SMC_ACTIVE:
diff --git a/net/smc/smc_close.h b/net/smc/smc_close.h
index e0e3b5df25d2474b8aadd2e7639d07e0c8c631ef..084c4f37aa963577edcb21191cb45833d6df2557 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_close.h
+++ b/net/smc/smc_close.h
@@ -24,5 +24,6 @@ int smc_close_active(struct smc_sock *smc);
 int smc_close_shutdown_write(struct smc_sock *smc);
 void smc_close_init(struct smc_sock *smc);
 void smc_clcsock_release(struct smc_sock *smc);
+int smc_close_abort(struct smc_connection *conn);
 
 #endif /* SMC_CLOSE_H */
diff --git a/net/smc/smc_core.c b/net/smc/smc_core.c
index e7e9dbcd7d8bf5c14816d08076a4ee9864aac684..494288f32df611ee784ce50981c8a933b0eef01d 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_core.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_core.c
@@ -513,8 +513,8 @@ static void __smc_lgr_terminate(struct smc_link_group *lgr)
 		smc = container_of(conn, struct smc_sock, conn);
 		lock_sock(&smc->sk);
 		sock_hold(&smc->sk); /* sock_put in close work */
+		smc_close_abort(conn);
 		conn->killed = 1;
-		conn->local_tx_ctrl.conn_state_flags.peer_conn_abort = 1;
 		smc_lgr_unregister_conn(conn);
 		conn->lgr = NULL;
 		if (!schedule_work(&conn->close_work))