diff --git a/net/unix/unix_bpf.c b/net/unix/unix_bpf.c
index 7ea7c3a0d0d06224f49ad5f073bf772b9528a30a..58e89361059fbf9d5942c6dd268dd80ac4b57098 100644
--- a/net/unix/unix_bpf.c
+++ b/net/unix/unix_bpf.c
@@ -168,7 +168,8 @@ int unix_stream_bpf_update_proto(struct sock *sk, struct sk_psock *psock, bool r
        }
 
        sk_pair = unix_peer(sk);
-       sock_hold(sk_pair);
+       if (sk_pair)
+               sock_hold(sk_pair);
        psock->sk_pair = sk_pair;
        unix_stream_bpf_check_needs_rebuild(psock->sk_proto);
        sock_replace_proto(sk, &unix_stream_bpf_prot);