diff --git a/include/net/inet_common.h b/include/net/inet_common.h
index d6238bdefbafe0d0c3d045bde0fc79931132042d..4bfcf3f3555f6c8573fcf9e5be2cbff6e0d29727 100644
--- a/include/net/inet_common.h
+++ b/include/net/inet_common.h
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ extern int			inet_getname(struct socket *sock,
 extern int			inet_ioctl(struct socket *sock, 
 					   unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg);
 
-extern int			inet_ctl_sock_create(struct socket **sock,
+extern int			inet_ctl_sock_create(struct sock **sk,
 						     unsigned short family,
 						     unsigned short type,
 						     unsigned char protocol);
diff --git a/net/dccp/ipv4.c b/net/dccp/ipv4.c
index feb3fa5b714123e8be6c514a8434ff61d5336286..5669c895c8736f4e943bbb81107f992b93d4cd15 100644
--- a/net/dccp/ipv4.c
+++ b/net/dccp/ipv4.c
@@ -991,7 +991,6 @@ static struct inet_protosw dccp_v4_protosw = {
 
 static int __init dccp_v4_init(void)
 {
-	struct socket *socket;
 	int err = proto_register(&dccp_v4_prot, 1);
 
 	if (err != 0)
@@ -1003,11 +1002,10 @@ static int __init dccp_v4_init(void)
 
 	inet_register_protosw(&dccp_v4_protosw);
 
-	err = inet_ctl_sock_create(&socket, PF_INET,
+	err = inet_ctl_sock_create(&dccp_v4_ctl_sk, PF_INET,
 				   SOCK_DCCP, IPPROTO_DCCP);
 	if (err)
 		goto out_unregister_protosw;
-	dccp_v4_ctl_sk = socket->sk;
 out:
 	return err;
 out_unregister_protosw:
diff --git a/net/dccp/ipv6.c b/net/dccp/ipv6.c
index 5690fbd3bf688ebac66eb79a01aa58e1952dd01f..cf598bfc6a18ed01a9d93aa4b00931496b4d0099 100644
--- a/net/dccp/ipv6.c
+++ b/net/dccp/ipv6.c
@@ -1173,7 +1173,6 @@ static struct inet_protosw dccp_v6_protosw = {
 
 static int __init dccp_v6_init(void)
 {
-	struct socket *socket;
 	int err = proto_register(&dccp_v6_prot, 1);
 
 	if (err != 0)
@@ -1185,11 +1184,10 @@ static int __init dccp_v6_init(void)
 
 	inet6_register_protosw(&dccp_v6_protosw);
 
-	err = inet_ctl_sock_create(&socket, PF_INET6,
+	err = inet_ctl_sock_create(&dccp_v6_ctl_sk, PF_INET6,
 				   SOCK_DCCP, IPPROTO_DCCP);
 	if (err != 0)
 		goto out_unregister_protosw;
-	dccp_v6_ctl_sk = socket->sk;
 out:
 	return err;
 out_unregister_protosw:
diff --git a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
index 7ab0bd64c9d17a73df6605d6289ba5e5dfe1321f..cad664bf3f2e53311aa74147c33c98f22e09e303 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
@@ -1250,19 +1250,21 @@ static struct sk_buff *inet_gso_segment(struct sk_buff *skb, int features)
 	return segs;
 }
 
-int inet_ctl_sock_create(struct socket **sock, unsigned short family,
+int inet_ctl_sock_create(struct sock **sk, unsigned short family,
 			 unsigned short type, unsigned char protocol)
 {
-	int rc = sock_create_kern(family, type, protocol, sock);
+	struct socket *sock;
+	int rc = sock_create_kern(family, type, protocol, &sock);
 
 	if (rc == 0) {
-		(*sock)->sk->sk_allocation = GFP_ATOMIC;
-		inet_sk((*sock)->sk)->uc_ttl = -1;
+		*sk = sock->sk;
+		(*sk)->sk_allocation = GFP_ATOMIC;
+		inet_sk(*sk)->uc_ttl = -1;
 		/*
 		 * Unhash it so that IP input processing does not even see it,
 		 * we do not wish this socket to see incoming packets.
 		 */
-		(*sock)->sk->sk_prot->unhash((*sock)->sk);
+		(*sk)->sk_prot->unhash(*sk);
 	}
 	return rc;
 }
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index edf5a37bb5c308c34e6058687276a1e4285b2324..cfe5df76e14b1ad356369802190171967ad767d0 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -2490,11 +2490,9 @@ struct proto tcp_prot = {
 
 void __init tcp_v4_init(void)
 {
-	struct socket *__tcp_socket;
-	if (inet_ctl_sock_create(&__tcp_socket, PF_INET, SOCK_RAW,
+	if (inet_ctl_sock_create(&tcp_sock, PF_INET, SOCK_RAW,
 				 IPPROTO_TCP) < 0)
 		panic("Failed to create the TCP control socket.\n");
-	tcp_sock = __tcp_socket->sk;
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(ipv4_specific);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index d98222fba041c0f8419fa1fe09efe3f1ab1356f2..2882cc51669e146f2fef29da816a1b112ac19ce2 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -2200,14 +2200,13 @@ static struct inet_protosw tcpv6_protosw = {
 static int tcpv6_net_init(struct net *net)
 {
 	int err;
-	struct socket *sock;
 	struct sock *sk;
 
-	err = inet_ctl_sock_create(&sock, PF_INET6, SOCK_RAW, IPPROTO_TCP);
+	err = inet_ctl_sock_create(&sk, PF_INET6, SOCK_RAW, IPPROTO_TCP);
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 
-	net->ipv6.tcp_sk = sk = sock->sk;
+	net->ipv6.tcp_sk = sk;
 	sk_change_net(sk, net);
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/net/sctp/protocol.c b/net/sctp/protocol.c
index ac0833c19450d80d18cdab74fd35aae88a9dec2c..3c08d334d4a8a97fa33d0472f3aa4f17f672b4c0 100644
--- a/net/sctp/protocol.c
+++ b/net/sctp/protocol.c
@@ -674,21 +674,19 @@ static int sctp_ctl_sock_init(void)
 {
 	int err;
 	sa_family_t family;
-	struct socket *socket;
 
 	if (sctp_get_pf_specific(PF_INET6))
 		family = PF_INET6;
 	else
 		family = PF_INET;
 
-	err = inet_ctl_sock_create(&socket, family,
+	err = inet_ctl_sock_create(&sctp_ctl_sock, family,
 				   SOCK_SEQPACKET, IPPROTO_SCTP);
 	if (err < 0) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR
 		       "SCTP: Failed to create the SCTP control socket.\n");
 		return err;
 	}
-	sctp_ctl_sock = socket->sk;
 	return 0;
 }