diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index 2da169ea7cc1..2d34dd5941e7 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -821,6 +821,19 @@ static inline bool sk_nulls_del_node_init_rcu(struct sock *sk)
 	return rc;
 }
 
+static inline bool sk_nulls_replace_node_init_rcu(struct sock *old,
+						  struct sock *new)
+{
+	if (sk_hashed(old)) {
+		hlist_nulls_replace_init_rcu(&old->sk_nulls_node,
+					     &new->sk_nulls_node);
+		__sock_put(old);
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	return false;
+}
+
 static inline void __sk_add_node(struct sock *sk, struct hlist_head *list)
 {
 	hlist_add_head(&sk->sk_node, list);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c b/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c
index 5e7cdcebd64f..24e4bec52bb2 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c
@@ -663,8 +663,11 @@ bool inet_ehash_insert(struct sock *sk, struct sock *osk, bool *found_dup_sk)
 	spin_lock(lock);
 	if (osk) {
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(sk->sk_hash != osk->sk_hash);
-		ret = sk_nulls_del_node_init_rcu(osk);
-	} else if (found_dup_sk) {
+		ret = sk_nulls_replace_node_init_rcu(osk, sk);
+		goto unlock;
+	}
+
+	if (found_dup_sk) {
 		*found_dup_sk = inet_ehash_lookup_by_sk(sk, list);
 		if (*found_dup_sk)
 			ret = false;
@@ -673,6 +676,7 @@ bool inet_ehash_insert(struct sock *sk, struct sock *osk, bool *found_dup_sk)
 	if (ret)
 		__sk_nulls_add_node_rcu(sk, list);
 
+unlock:
 	spin_unlock(lock);
 
 	return ret;