diff --git a/net/core/stream.c b/net/core/stream.c
index ccc083cdef23..1105057ce00a 100644
--- a/net/core/stream.c
+++ b/net/core/stream.c
@@ -159,7 +159,8 @@ int sk_stream_wait_memory(struct sock *sk, long *timeo_p)
 		*timeo_p = current_timeo;
 	}
 out:
-	remove_wait_queue(sk_sleep(sk), &wait);
+	if (!sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD))
+		remove_wait_queue(sk_sleep(sk), &wait);
 	return err;
 
 do_error: