diff --git a/drivers/crypto/chelsio/chtls/chtls_cm.c b/drivers/crypto/chelsio/chtls/chtls_cm.c
index 35116cdb5e38..35d6bd1b3099 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/chelsio/chtls/chtls_cm.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/chelsio/chtls/chtls_cm.c
@@ -1079,6 +1079,7 @@ static struct sock *chtls_recv_sock(struct sock *lsk,
 
 	oreq->ts_recent = PASS_OPEN_TID_G(ntohl(req->tos_stid));
 	sk_setup_caps(newsk, dst);
+	newsk->sk_prot_creator = lsk->sk_prot_creator;
 	csk->sk = newsk;
 	csk->passive_reap_next = oreq;
 	csk->tx_chan = cxgb4_port_chan(ndev);