diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 1989b3dd6d17..231c38d91855 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -1493,6 +1493,8 @@ struct sock *sk_clone_lock(const struct sock *sk, const gfp_t priority)
 
 		sock_copy(newsk, sk);
 
+		newsk->sk_prot_creator = sk->sk_prot;
+
 		/* SANITY */
 		if (likely(newsk->sk_net_refcnt))
 			get_net(sock_net(newsk));