diff --git a/net/llc/af_llc.c b/net/llc/af_llc.c
index 20551cfb7da6d8dd098c906477895e26c080fe32..254b51796db5f91ee4c728f69538a93b964363a8 100644
--- a/net/llc/af_llc.c
+++ b/net/llc/af_llc.c
@@ -226,6 +226,8 @@ static int llc_ui_release(struct socket *sock)
        }
        netdev_put(llc->dev, &llc->dev_tracker);
        sock_put(sk);
+       sock_orphan(sk);
+       sock->sk = NULL; /* This will be done from sock_orphan() soon. */
        llc_sk_free(sk);
 out:
        return 0;