diff --git a/net/ipv6/raw.c b/net/ipv6/raw.c
index c2e629d6aea40e5519c3b865d62e1a092e6c9b60..4ae1b19ada5d3eb9e3c3c7f0b1b7a8030002eacb 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/raw.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/raw.c
@@ -854,7 +854,8 @@ static int rawv6_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk,
 	}
 done:
 	dst_release(dst);
-	release_sock(sk);
+	if (!inet->hdrincl)
+		release_sock(sk);
 out:	
 	fl6_sock_release(flowlabel);
 	return err<0?err:len;