diff --git a/include/net/inet_connection_sock.h b/include/net/inet_connection_sock.h
index fa6a87246a7b85d3358b6ec66e6029445fe3b066..4ad47d9f9d271fcf8bb3c9d88ef2a602bdeffa54 100644
--- a/include/net/inet_connection_sock.h
+++ b/include/net/inet_connection_sock.h
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ static inline __poll_t inet_csk_listen_poll(const struct sock *sk)
 			(EPOLLIN | EPOLLRDNORM) : 0;
 }
 
-int inet_csk_listen_start(struct sock *sk, int backlog);
+int inet_csk_listen_start(struct sock *sk);
 void inet_csk_listen_stop(struct sock *sk);
 
 void inet_csk_addr2sockaddr(struct sock *sk, struct sockaddr *uaddr);
diff --git a/net/dccp/proto.c b/net/dccp/proto.c
index fc44dadc778bbef72b2cade8b453f012831f592d..a976b4d2989259a521a94f91a779cb79a81dada9 100644
--- a/net/dccp/proto.c
+++ b/net/dccp/proto.c
@@ -238,17 +238,6 @@ void dccp_destroy_sock(struct sock *sk)
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dccp_destroy_sock);
 
-static inline int dccp_listen_start(struct sock *sk, int backlog)
-{
-	struct dccp_sock *dp = dccp_sk(sk);
-
-	dp->dccps_role = DCCP_ROLE_LISTEN;
-	/* do not start to listen if feature negotiation setup fails */
-	if (dccp_feat_finalise_settings(dp))
-		return -EPROTO;
-	return inet_csk_listen_start(sk, backlog);
-}
-
 static inline int dccp_need_reset(int state)
 {
 	return state != DCCP_CLOSED && state != DCCP_LISTEN &&
@@ -931,11 +920,17 @@ int inet_dccp_listen(struct socket *sock, int backlog)
 	 * we can only allow the backlog to be adjusted.
 	 */
 	if (old_state != DCCP_LISTEN) {
-		/*
-		 * FIXME: here it probably should be sk->sk_prot->listen_start
-		 * see tcp_listen_start
-		 */
-		err = dccp_listen_start(sk, backlog);
+		struct dccp_sock *dp = dccp_sk(sk);
+
+		dp->dccps_role = DCCP_ROLE_LISTEN;
+
+		/* do not start to listen if feature negotiation setup fails */
+		if (dccp_feat_finalise_settings(dp)) {
+			err = -EPROTO;
+			goto out;
+		}
+
+		err = inet_csk_listen_start(sk);
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
 	}
diff --git a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
index c66b0563a267546ccd045dda10fbd854a21fe5ce..aa8d15b1e2a486fd9aba9c1db49f489253f8ea33 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ int inet_listen(struct socket *sock, int backlog)
 			tcp_fastopen_init_key_once(sock_net(sk));
 		}
 
-		err = inet_csk_listen_start(sk, backlog);
+		err = inet_csk_listen_start(sk);
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
 		tcp_call_bpf(sk, BPF_SOCK_OPS_TCP_LISTEN_CB, 0, NULL);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
index f7fea3a7c5e64b92ca9c6b56293628923649e58c..23da67a3fc061583a168c086b8706da1769136be 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
@@ -1035,7 +1035,7 @@ void inet_csk_prepare_forced_close(struct sock *sk)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(inet_csk_prepare_forced_close);
 
-int inet_csk_listen_start(struct sock *sk, int backlog)
+int inet_csk_listen_start(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
 	struct inet_sock *inet = inet_sk(sk);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_sk_storage_tracing.c b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_sk_storage_tracing.c
index 8e94e5c080aae9fbf87826b6bfd7b2cf983311f0..6dc1f28fc4b6a9cc14ea55ddaa243ffc693ceb8f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_sk_storage_tracing.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/progs/test_sk_storage_tracing.c
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static void set_task_info(struct sock *sk)
 }
 
 SEC("fentry/inet_csk_listen_start")
-int BPF_PROG(trace_inet_csk_listen_start, struct sock *sk, int backlog)
+int BPF_PROG(trace_inet_csk_listen_start, struct sock *sk)
 {
 	set_task_info(sk);