diff --git a/net/smc/smc_core.c b/net/smc/smc_core.c
index 12615a9794bc0186d10229ae61d05fe28e1c8a2a..2e12bbf99f9e9f03a1edcd1b5b58d0f88af0ed44 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_core.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_core.c
@@ -1354,6 +1354,7 @@ static void smc_buf_unuse(struct smc_connection *conn,
 /* remove a finished connection from its link group */
 void smc_conn_free(struct smc_connection *conn)
 {
+	struct smc_sock *smc = container_of(conn, struct smc_sock, conn);
 	struct smc_link_group *lgr = conn->lgr;
 
 	if (!lgr || conn->freed)
@@ -1363,6 +1364,7 @@ void smc_conn_free(struct smc_connection *conn)
 		return;
 
 	conn->freed = 1;
+	smc->sk.sk_shutdown = SHUTDOWN_MASK;
 	if (!smc_conn_lgr_valid(conn))
 		/* Connection has already unregistered from
 		 * link group.