diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index acb0d4137499..2c4f574168fb 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -1544,6 +1544,12 @@ struct sock *sk_clone_lock(const struct sock *sk, const gfp_t priority)
 			is_charged = sk_filter_charge(newsk, filter);
 
 		if (unlikely(!is_charged || xfrm_sk_clone_policy(newsk, sk))) {
+			/* We need to make sure that we don't uncharge the new
+			 * socket if we couldn't charge it in the first place
+			 * as otherwise we uncharge the parent's filter.
+			 */
+			if (!is_charged)
+				RCU_INIT_POINTER(newsk->sk_filter, NULL);
 			sk_free_unlock_clone(newsk);
 			newsk = NULL;
 			goto out;