diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index c53cc42b5ab92d0062519e60435b85c75564a967..3428619faae4340485b200f49d9cce4fb09086b3 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -1848,7 +1848,6 @@ static inline int sk_rx_queue_get(const struct sock *sk)
 
 static inline void sk_set_socket(struct sock *sk, struct socket *sock)
 {
-	sk_tx_queue_clear(sk);
 	sk->sk_socket = sock;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 94391da277544e12c8a9c9eb52c51b0678b46dc4..d832c650287c375cd9e99e40c09f3ec354487716 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -1767,6 +1767,7 @@ struct sock *sk_alloc(struct net *net, int family, gfp_t priority,
 		cgroup_sk_alloc(&sk->sk_cgrp_data);
 		sock_update_classid(&sk->sk_cgrp_data);
 		sock_update_netprioidx(&sk->sk_cgrp_data);
+		sk_tx_queue_clear(sk);
 	}
 
 	return sk;
@@ -1990,6 +1991,7 @@ struct sock *sk_clone_lock(const struct sock *sk, const gfp_t priority)
 		 */
 		sk_refcnt_debug_inc(newsk);
 		sk_set_socket(newsk, NULL);
+		sk_tx_queue_clear(newsk);
 		RCU_INIT_POINTER(newsk->sk_wq, NULL);
 
 		if (newsk->sk_prot->sockets_allocated)