diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index c556fd9b05ac..156350745700 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -1771,7 +1771,7 @@ sk_dst_set(struct sock *sk, struct dst_entry *dst)
 	struct dst_entry *old_dst;
 
 	sk_tx_queue_clear(sk);
-	old_dst = xchg(&sk->sk_dst_cache, dst);
+	old_dst = xchg((__force struct dst_entry **)&sk->sk_dst_cache, dst);
 	dst_release(old_dst);
 }