diff --git a/net/xdp/xdp_umem.c b/net/xdp/xdp_umem.c
index ce44933b3b0c0018a802379978f3ea0b79deb0b1..b6d454c5c9ff538f6329ea628b6a9cdf00e88ebc 100644
--- a/net/xdp/xdp_umem.c
+++ b/net/xdp/xdp_umem.c
@@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ void xdp_add_sk_umem(struct xdp_umem *umem, struct xdp_sock *xs)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	if (!xs->tx)
+		return;
+
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&umem->xsk_list_lock, flags);
 	list_add_rcu(&xs->list, &umem->xsk_list);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&umem->xsk_list_lock, flags);
@@ -32,6 +35,9 @@ void xdp_del_sk_umem(struct xdp_umem *umem, struct xdp_sock *xs)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 
+	if (!xs->tx)
+		return;
+
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&umem->xsk_list_lock, flags);
 	list_del_rcu(&xs->list);
 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&umem->xsk_list_lock, flags);