diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
index 216e6d68355df3e07ebf2518c1abd7b6bcab3042..79d136cdc487460677070063ebee4e82f4e829d4 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
@@ -722,21 +722,31 @@ static bool reqsk_queue_unlink(struct request_sock *req)
 		found = __sk_nulls_del_node_init_rcu(req_to_sk(req));
 		spin_unlock(lock);
 	}
-	if (timer_pending(&req->rsk_timer) && del_timer_sync(&req->rsk_timer))
-		reqsk_put(req);
+
 	return found;
 }
 
-bool inet_csk_reqsk_queue_drop(struct sock *sk, struct request_sock *req)
+static bool __inet_csk_reqsk_queue_drop(struct sock *sk,
+					struct request_sock *req,
+					bool from_timer)
 {
 	bool unlinked = reqsk_queue_unlink(req);
 
+	if (!from_timer && timer_delete_sync(&req->rsk_timer))
+		reqsk_put(req);
+
 	if (unlinked) {
 		reqsk_queue_removed(&inet_csk(sk)->icsk_accept_queue, req);
 		reqsk_put(req);
 	}
+
 	return unlinked;
 }
+
+bool inet_csk_reqsk_queue_drop(struct sock *sk, struct request_sock *req)
+{
+	return __inet_csk_reqsk_queue_drop(sk, req, false);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(inet_csk_reqsk_queue_drop);
 
 void inet_csk_reqsk_queue_drop_and_put(struct sock *sk, struct request_sock *req)
@@ -804,7 +814,8 @@ static void reqsk_timer_handler(struct timer_list *t)
 		return;
 	}
 drop:
-	inet_csk_reqsk_queue_drop_and_put(sk_listener, req);
+	__inet_csk_reqsk_queue_drop(sk_listener, req, true);
+	reqsk_put(req);
 }
 
 static void reqsk_queue_hash_req(struct request_sock *req,