diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index ac63b56e23b2..928d2a1d6d8e 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -660,16 +660,20 @@ struct sock *sk_alloc(int family, unsigned int __nocast priority,
 			sock_lock_init(sk);
 		}
 		
-		if (security_sk_alloc(sk, family, priority)) {
-			if (slab != NULL)
-				kmem_cache_free(slab, sk);
-			else
-				kfree(sk);
-			sk = NULL;
-		} else
-			__module_get(prot->owner);
+		if (security_sk_alloc(sk, family, priority))
+			goto out_free;
+
+		if (!try_module_get(prot->owner))
+			goto out_free;
 	}
 	return sk;
+
+out_free:
+	if (slab != NULL)
+		kmem_cache_free(slab, sk);
+	else
+		kfree(sk);
+	return NULL;
 }
 
 void sk_free(struct sock *sk)
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index dbd1a6851edd..3145103cdf54 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -1145,8 +1145,11 @@ static int __sock_create(int family, int type, int protocol, struct socket **res
 	if (!try_module_get(net_families[family]->owner))
 		goto out_release;
 
-	if ((err = net_families[family]->create(sock, protocol)) < 0)
+	if ((err = net_families[family]->create(sock, protocol)) < 0) {
+		sock->ops = NULL;
 		goto out_module_put;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Now to bump the refcnt of the [loadable] module that owns this
 	 * socket at sock_release time we decrement its refcnt.
@@ -1360,16 +1363,16 @@ asmlinkage long sys_accept(int fd, struct sockaddr __user *upeer_sockaddr, int _
 	newsock->type = sock->type;
 	newsock->ops = sock->ops;
 
-	err = security_socket_accept(sock, newsock);
-	if (err)
-		goto out_release;
-
 	/*
 	 * We don't need try_module_get here, as the listening socket (sock)
 	 * has the protocol module (sock->ops->owner) held.
 	 */
 	__module_get(newsock->ops->owner);
 
+	err = security_socket_accept(sock, newsock);
+	if (err)
+		goto out_release;
+
 	err = sock->ops->accept(sock, newsock, sock->file->f_flags);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto out_release;