diff --git a/net/dccp/ipv6.c b/net/dccp/ipv6.c
index ef4e48ce9143..db5fc2440a23 100644
--- a/net/dccp/ipv6.c
+++ b/net/dccp/ipv6.c
@@ -477,15 +477,7 @@ static struct sock *dccp_v6_request_recv_sock(const struct sock *sk,
 	/* Clone RX bits */
 	newnp->rxopt.all = np->rxopt.all;
 
-	/* Clone pktoptions received with SYN */
 	newnp->pktoptions = NULL;
-	if (ireq->pktopts != NULL) {
-		newnp->pktoptions = skb_clone(ireq->pktopts, GFP_ATOMIC);
-		consume_skb(ireq->pktopts);
-		ireq->pktopts = NULL;
-		if (newnp->pktoptions)
-			skb_set_owner_r(newnp->pktoptions, newsk);
-	}
 	newnp->opt	  = NULL;
 	newnp->mcast_oif  = inet6_iif(skb);
 	newnp->mcast_hops = ipv6_hdr(skb)->hop_limit;
@@ -515,6 +507,14 @@ static struct sock *dccp_v6_request_recv_sock(const struct sock *sk,
 		goto out;
 	}
 	*own_req = inet_ehash_nolisten(newsk, req_to_sk(req_unhash));
+	/* Clone pktoptions received with SYN, if we own the req */
+	if (*own_req && ireq->pktopts) {
+		newnp->pktoptions = skb_clone(ireq->pktopts, GFP_ATOMIC);
+		consume_skb(ireq->pktopts);
+		ireq->pktopts = NULL;
+		if (newnp->pktoptions)
+			skb_set_owner_r(newnp->pktoptions, newsk);
+	}
 
 	return newsk;
 
diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index 714bc5ad096e..ea2f4d5440b5 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -1084,16 +1084,7 @@ static struct sock *tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *
 	/* Clone RX bits */
 	newnp->rxopt.all = np->rxopt.all;
 
-	/* Clone pktoptions received with SYN */
 	newnp->pktoptions = NULL;
-	if (ireq->pktopts) {
-		newnp->pktoptions = skb_clone(ireq->pktopts,
-					      sk_gfp_atomic(sk, GFP_ATOMIC));
-		consume_skb(ireq->pktopts);
-		ireq->pktopts = NULL;
-		if (newnp->pktoptions)
-			skb_set_owner_r(newnp->pktoptions, newsk);
-	}
 	newnp->opt	  = NULL;
 	newnp->mcast_oif  = tcp_v6_iif(skb);
 	newnp->mcast_hops = ipv6_hdr(skb)->hop_limit;
@@ -1149,6 +1140,15 @@ static struct sock *tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock(const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *
 		goto out;
 	}
 	*own_req = inet_ehash_nolisten(newsk, req_to_sk(req_unhash));
+	/* Clone pktoptions received with SYN, if we own the req */
+	if (*own_req && ireq->pktopts) {
+		newnp->pktoptions = skb_clone(ireq->pktopts,
+					      sk_gfp_atomic(sk, GFP_ATOMIC));
+		consume_skb(ireq->pktopts);
+		ireq->pktopts = NULL;
+		if (newnp->pktoptions)
+			skb_set_owner_r(newnp->pktoptions, newsk);
+	}
 
 	return newsk;