diff --git a/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c b/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
index 43a894bf9a1b..a6804a7e34c1 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
@@ -1148,7 +1148,7 @@ static int do_ipv6_getsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
 		if (sk->sk_type != SOCK_STREAM)
 			return -ENOPROTOOPT;
 
-		msg.msg_control = optval;
+		msg.msg_control_user = optval;
 		msg.msg_controllen = len;
 		msg.msg_flags = flags;
 		msg.msg_control_is_user = true;