diff --git a/include/net/sctp/sctp.h b/include/net/sctp/sctp.h
index e469805e61cd79c461036ebc50b54dc0ff626648..fef8c3372aeee7b48a8150ed074b7c578c1d6807 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/sctp.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/sctp.h
@@ -625,4 +625,9 @@ static inline __u32 sctp_min_frag_point(struct sctp_sock *sp, __u16 datasize)
 	return sctp_mtu_payload(sp, SCTP_DEFAULT_MINSEGMENT, datasize);
 }
 
+static inline bool sctp_newsk_ready(const struct sock *sk)
+{
+	return sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD) || sk->sk_socket;
+}
+
 #endif /* __net_sctp_h__ */
diff --git a/net/sctp/input.c b/net/sctp/input.c
index 81bb91118cee8a9bf53ba12750717c247a46afb2..2de98b5da4c1e434bfa6be0b0839f137d7c4db94 100644
--- a/net/sctp/input.c
+++ b/net/sctp/input.c
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ int sctp_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		bh_lock_sock(sk);
 	}
 
-	if (sock_owned_by_user(sk)) {
+	if (sock_owned_by_user(sk) || !sctp_newsk_ready(sk)) {
 		if (sctp_add_backlog(sk, skb)) {
 			bh_unlock_sock(sk);
 			sctp_chunk_free(chunk);
@@ -333,7 +333,7 @@ int sctp_backlog_rcv(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		local_bh_disable();
 		bh_lock_sock(sk);
 
-		if (sock_owned_by_user(sk)) {
+		if (sock_owned_by_user(sk) || !sctp_newsk_ready(sk)) {
 			if (sk_add_backlog(sk, skb, READ_ONCE(sk->sk_rcvbuf)))
 				sctp_chunk_free(chunk);
 			else
@@ -348,7 +348,13 @@ int sctp_backlog_rcv(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		if (backloged)
 			return 0;
 	} else {
-		sctp_inq_push(inqueue, chunk);
+		if (!sctp_newsk_ready(sk)) {
+			if (!sk_add_backlog(sk, skb, sk->sk_rcvbuf))
+				return 0;
+			sctp_chunk_free(chunk);
+		} else {
+			sctp_inq_push(inqueue, chunk);
+		}
 	}
 
 done: