diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index 2d663ee8494d..5d8e0049b71c 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -446,6 +446,7 @@ struct sock {
 	void			*sk_security;
 #endif
 	__u32			sk_mark;
+	kuid_t			sk_uid;
 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_NET_CLASSID
 	u32			sk_classid;
 #endif
@@ -1682,6 +1683,7 @@ static inline void sock_graft(struct sock *sk, struct socket *parent)
 	sk->sk_wq = parent->wq;
 	parent->sk = sk;
 	sk_set_socket(sk, parent);
+	sk->sk_uid = SOCK_INODE(parent)->i_uid;
 	security_sock_graft(sk, parent);
 	write_unlock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
 }
@@ -1689,6 +1691,11 @@ static inline void sock_graft(struct sock *sk, struct socket *parent)
 kuid_t sock_i_uid(struct sock *sk);
 unsigned long sock_i_ino(struct sock *sk);
 
+static inline kuid_t sock_net_uid(const struct net *net, const struct sock *sk)
+{
+	return sk ? sk->sk_uid : make_kuid(net->user_ns, 0);
+}
+
 static inline u32 net_tx_rndhash(void)
 {
 	u32 v = prandom_u32();
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 0d91f7dca751..d0f83260cddd 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -2383,8 +2383,11 @@ void sock_init_data(struct socket *sock, struct sock *sk)
 		sk->sk_type	=	sock->type;
 		sk->sk_wq	=	sock->wq;
 		sock->sk	=	sk;
-	} else
+		sk->sk_uid	=	SOCK_INODE(sock)->i_uid;
+	} else {
 		sk->sk_wq	=	NULL;
+		sk->sk_uid	=	make_kuid(sock_net(sk)->user_ns, 0);
+	}
 
 	rwlock_init(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
 	lockdep_set_class_and_name(&sk->sk_callback_lock,
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 263b334ec5e4..1012991fb560 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -520,9 +520,23 @@ static ssize_t sockfs_listxattr(struct dentry *dentry, char *buffer,
 	return used;
 }
 
+int sockfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr)
+{
+	int err = simple_setattr(dentry, iattr);
+
+	if (!err) {
+		struct socket *sock = SOCKET_I(d_inode(dentry));
+
+		sock->sk->sk_uid = iattr->ia_uid;
+	}
+
+	return err;
+}
+
 static const struct inode_operations sockfs_inode_ops = {
 	.getxattr = sockfs_getxattr,
 	.listxattr = sockfs_listxattr,
+	.setattr = sockfs_setattr,
 };
 
 /**