diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
index 4d97133240036a76ee10c6f742a4157adb3feb25..8411b2407c2017043d1b6b5c49dd7c0a908c4008 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
@@ -912,11 +912,25 @@ void inet_csk_prepare_forced_close(struct sock *sk)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(inet_csk_prepare_forced_close);
 
+static int inet_ulp_can_listen(const struct sock *sk)
+{
+	const struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
+
+	if (icsk->icsk_ulp_ops && !icsk->icsk_ulp_ops->clone)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int inet_csk_listen_start(struct sock *sk, int backlog)
 {
 	struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
 	struct inet_sock *inet = inet_sk(sk);
-	int err = -EADDRINUSE;
+	int err;
+
+	err = inet_ulp_can_listen(sk);
+	if (unlikely(err))
+		return err;
 
 	reqsk_queue_alloc(&icsk->icsk_accept_queue);
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ulp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ulp.c
index 7c27aa629af191d44cd1c278b888846d482f1205..b5d707a5a31b8b7109f7ef8ea939ea40ced06beb 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ulp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ulp.c
@@ -136,6 +136,10 @@ static int __tcp_set_ulp(struct sock *sk, const struct tcp_ulp_ops *ulp_ops)
 	if (icsk->icsk_ulp_ops)
 		goto out_err;
 
+	err = -EINVAL;
+	if (!ulp_ops->clone && sk->sk_state == TCP_LISTEN)
+		goto out_err;
+
 	err = ulp_ops->init(sk);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_err;