diff --git a/net/netfilter/xt_TPROXY.c b/net/netfilter/xt_TPROXY.c
index 7f4414d26a66..663c4c3c9072 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/xt_TPROXY.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/xt_TPROXY.c
@@ -127,6 +127,8 @@ nf_tproxy_get_sock_v4(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb, void *hp,
 						    daddr, dport,
 						    in->ifindex);
 
+			if (sk && !atomic_inc_not_zero(&sk->sk_refcnt))
+				sk = NULL;
 			/* NOTE: we return listeners even if bound to
 			 * 0.0.0.0, those are filtered out in
 			 * xt_socket, since xt_TPROXY needs 0 bound
@@ -195,6 +197,8 @@ nf_tproxy_get_sock_v6(struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb, int thoff, void *hp,
 						   daddr, ntohs(dport),
 						   in->ifindex);
 
+			if (sk && !atomic_inc_not_zero(&sk->sk_refcnt))
+				sk = NULL;
 			/* NOTE: we return listeners even if bound to
 			 * 0.0.0.0, those are filtered out in
 			 * xt_socket, since xt_TPROXY needs 0 bound