diff --git a/net/atm/br2684.c b/net/atm/br2684.c
index 6dc383c90262263c73af300eb8f3220d100aad79..403e71fa88feb900a7d194f3f3c83f4f6e1cb0d4 100644
--- a/net/atm/br2684.c
+++ b/net/atm/br2684.c
@@ -735,10 +735,13 @@ static int br2684_ioctl(struct socket *sock, unsigned int cmd,
 			return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
 		if (!capable(CAP_NET_ADMIN))
 			return -EPERM;
-		if (cmd == ATM_SETBACKEND)
+		if (cmd == ATM_SETBACKEND) {
+			if (sock->state != SS_CONNECTED)
+				return -EINVAL;
 			return br2684_regvcc(atmvcc, argp);
-		else
+		} else {
 			return br2684_create(argp);
+		}
 #ifdef CONFIG_ATM_BR2684_IPFILTER
 	case BR2684_SETFILT:
 		if (atmvcc->push != br2684_push)