diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index d7d4c2b79cf2f516f9e3f62c6fe4415e9bc137a0..0ea2e1c5d395ac979e9a301d006867d49b866ecb 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -1348,7 +1348,7 @@ static struct sock *tcp_v4_hnd_req(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	req = inet_csk_search_req(sk, th->source, iph->saddr, iph->daddr);
 	if (req) {
 		nsk = tcp_check_req(sk, skb, req, false);
-		if (!nsk)
+		if (!nsk || nsk == sk)
 			reqsk_put(req);
 		return nsk;
 	}
diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index 6748c4277affad71cd721e3a985af10c31c047ad..7a6cea5e427414062f408cfa66f57808d48382d7 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -943,7 +943,7 @@ static struct sock *tcp_v6_hnd_req(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 				   &ipv6_hdr(skb)->daddr, tcp_v6_iif(skb));
 	if (req) {
 		nsk = tcp_check_req(sk, skb, req, false);
-		if (!nsk)
+		if (!nsk || nsk == sk)
 			reqsk_put(req);
 		return nsk;
 	}