diff --git a/include/net/sock_reuseport.h b/include/net/sock_reuseport.h
index 7dda3d7adba8..aecd30308d50 100644
--- a/include/net/sock_reuseport.h
+++ b/include/net/sock_reuseport.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ struct sock_reuseport {
 };
 
 extern int reuseport_alloc(struct sock *sk);
-extern int reuseport_add_sock(struct sock *sk, const struct sock *sk2);
+extern int reuseport_add_sock(struct sock *sk, struct sock *sk2);
 extern void reuseport_detach_sock(struct sock *sk);
 extern struct sock *reuseport_select_sock(struct sock *sk,
 					  u32 hash,
diff --git a/net/core/sock_reuseport.c b/net/core/sock_reuseport.c
index 1df98c557440..e92b759d906c 100644
--- a/net/core/sock_reuseport.c
+++ b/net/core/sock_reuseport.c
@@ -93,10 +93,17 @@ static struct sock_reuseport *reuseport_grow(struct sock_reuseport *reuse)
  *  @sk2: Socket belonging to the existing reuseport group.
  *  May return ENOMEM and not add socket to group under memory pressure.
  */
-int reuseport_add_sock(struct sock *sk, const struct sock *sk2)
+int reuseport_add_sock(struct sock *sk, struct sock *sk2)
 {
 	struct sock_reuseport *reuse;
 
+	if (!rcu_access_pointer(sk2->sk_reuseport_cb)) {
+		int err = reuseport_alloc(sk2);
+
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
+
 	spin_lock_bh(&reuseport_lock);
 	reuse = rcu_dereference_protected(sk2->sk_reuseport_cb,
 					  lockdep_is_held(&reuseport_lock)),