diff --git a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
index cc1463156cd0..9c1926027a26 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
@@ -465,6 +465,9 @@ int inet_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr, int addr_len)
 	if (addr_len < sizeof(struct sockaddr_in))
 		goto out;
 
+	if (addr->sin_family != AF_INET)
+		goto out;
+
 	chk_addr_ret = inet_addr_type(sock_net(sk), addr->sin_addr.s_addr);
 
 	/* Not specified by any standard per-se, however it breaks too