diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 1030a612423be3eb0924a86380c2ec2850d7d0c4..29169045dcfe5b7777a4a538069c0abf28a0b563 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -474,7 +474,7 @@ static struct socket *sockfd_lookup_light(int fd, int *err, int *fput_needed)
 	if (f.file) {
 		sock = sock_from_file(f.file, err);
 		if (likely(sock)) {
-			*fput_needed = f.flags;
+			*fput_needed = f.flags & FDPUT_FPUT;
 			return sock;
 		}
 		fdput(f);