diff --git a/kernel/bpf/sockmap.c b/kernel/bpf/sockmap.c
index cf7b6a6dbd1f..3847a7ce7dae 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/sockmap.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/sockmap.c
@@ -1896,7 +1896,7 @@ static int __sock_map_ctx_update_elem(struct bpf_map *map,
 		e = kzalloc(sizeof(*e), GFP_ATOMIC | __GFP_NOWARN);
 		if (!e) {
 			err = -ENOMEM;
-			goto out_progs;
+			goto out_free;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -2342,7 +2342,10 @@ static int sock_hash_ctx_update_elem(struct bpf_sock_ops_kern *skops,
 	if (err)
 		goto err;
 
-	/* bpf_map_update_elem() can be called in_irq() */
+	/* psock is valid here because otherwise above *ctx_update_elem would
+	 * have thrown an error. It is safe to skip error check.
+	 */
+	psock = smap_psock_sk(sock);
 	raw_spin_lock_bh(&b->lock);
 	l_old = lookup_elem_raw(head, hash, key, key_size);
 	if (l_old && map_flags == BPF_NOEXIST) {
@@ -2360,12 +2363,6 @@ static int sock_hash_ctx_update_elem(struct bpf_sock_ops_kern *skops,
 		goto bucket_err;
 	}
 
-	psock = smap_psock_sk(sock);
-	if (unlikely(!psock)) {
-		err = -EINVAL;
-		goto bucket_err;
-	}
-
 	rcu_assign_pointer(e->hash_link, l_new);
 	rcu_assign_pointer(e->htab,
 			   container_of(map, struct bpf_htab, map));
@@ -2388,12 +2385,10 @@ static int sock_hash_ctx_update_elem(struct bpf_sock_ops_kern *skops,
 	raw_spin_unlock_bh(&b->lock);
 	return 0;
 bucket_err:
+	smap_release_sock(psock, sock);
 	raw_spin_unlock_bh(&b->lock);
 err:
 	kfree(e);
-	psock = smap_psock_sk(sock);
-	if (psock)
-		smap_release_sock(psock, sock);
 	return err;
 }