diff --git a/net/smc/af_smc.c b/net/smc/af_smc.c
index e86db21fef6e..868e722aef06 100644
--- a/net/smc/af_smc.c
+++ b/net/smc/af_smc.c
@@ -1860,6 +1860,7 @@ static void smc_listen_out(struct smc_sock *new_smc)
 	if (tcp_sk(new_smc->clcsock->sk)->syn_smc)
 		atomic_dec(&lsmc->queued_smc_hs);
 
+	release_sock(newsmcsk); /* lock in smc_listen_work() */
 	if (lsmc->sk.sk_state == SMC_LISTEN) {
 		lock_sock_nested(&lsmc->sk, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
 		smc_accept_enqueue(&lsmc->sk, newsmcsk);
@@ -2352,6 +2353,7 @@ static void smc_listen_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	u8 accept_version;
 	int rc = 0;
 
+	lock_sock(&new_smc->sk); /* release in smc_listen_out() */
 	if (new_smc->listen_smc->sk.sk_state != SMC_LISTEN)
 		return smc_listen_out_err(new_smc);