diff --git a/kernel/cgroup.c b/kernel/cgroup.c
index d1c51b7f5221..5e8dab5bf9ad 100644
--- a/kernel/cgroup.c
+++ b/kernel/cgroup.c
@@ -6270,6 +6270,12 @@ void cgroup_sk_alloc(struct sock_cgroup_data *skcd)
 	if (cgroup_sk_alloc_disabled)
 		return;
 
+	/* Socket clone path */
+	if (skcd->val) {
+		cgroup_get(sock_cgroup_ptr(skcd));
+		return;
+	}
+
 	rcu_read_lock();
 
 	while (true) {
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 25dab8b60223..fd7b41edf1ce 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -1362,7 +1362,6 @@ static struct sock *sk_prot_alloc(struct proto *prot, gfp_t priority,
 		if (!try_module_get(prot->owner))
 			goto out_free_sec;
 		sk_tx_queue_clear(sk);
-		cgroup_sk_alloc(&sk->sk_cgrp_data);
 	}
 
 	return sk;
@@ -1422,6 +1421,7 @@ struct sock *sk_alloc(struct net *net, int family, gfp_t priority,
 		sock_net_set(sk, net);
 		atomic_set(&sk->sk_wmem_alloc, 1);
 
+		cgroup_sk_alloc(&sk->sk_cgrp_data);
 		sock_update_classid(&sk->sk_cgrp_data);
 		sock_update_netprioidx(&sk->sk_cgrp_data);
 	}
@@ -1566,6 +1566,9 @@ struct sock *sk_clone_lock(const struct sock *sk, const gfp_t priority)
 		newsk->sk_priority = 0;
 		newsk->sk_incoming_cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
 		atomic64_set(&newsk->sk_cookie, 0);
+
+		cgroup_sk_alloc(&newsk->sk_cgrp_data);
+
 		/*
 		 * Before updating sk_refcnt, we must commit prior changes to memory
 		 * (Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.txt for details)