diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
index 82dec8825d28fe01f2dc4172e3e6d4d0d70fd785..a3fa1a5b6d98eb1502ada67bf5d63b12f199c640 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
@@ -790,7 +790,6 @@ struct sock *inet_csk_clone_lock(const struct sock *sk,
 		inet_sk(newsk)->inet_dport = inet_rsk(req)->ir_rmt_port;
 		inet_sk(newsk)->inet_num = inet_rsk(req)->ir_num;
 		inet_sk(newsk)->inet_sport = htons(inet_rsk(req)->ir_num);
-		newsk->sk_write_space = sk_stream_write_space;
 
 		/* listeners have SOCK_RCU_FREE, not the children */
 		sock_reset_flag(newsk, SOCK_RCU_FREE);