diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index 6c5a3809483e..8263bbf756a2 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -1803,7 +1803,6 @@ 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 0adf7a9e5a90..0a2aef870d00 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -1679,6 +1679,7 @@ 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;
@@ -1895,6 +1896,7 @@ 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)