diff --git a/net/llc/llc_conn.c b/net/llc/llc_conn.c
index b084fd19ad32..56c3fb5cc805 100644
--- a/net/llc/llc_conn.c
+++ b/net/llc/llc_conn.c
@@ -734,6 +734,7 @@ void llc_sap_add_socket(struct llc_sap *sap, struct sock *sk)
 	llc_sk(sk)->sap = sap;
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&sap->sk_lock);
+	sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_RCU_FREE);
 	sap->sk_count++;
 	sk_nulls_add_node_rcu(sk, laddr_hb);
 	hlist_add_head(&llc->dev_hash_node, dev_hb);