--- x/net/core/sock_map.c
+++ y/net/core/sock_map.c
@@ -169,9 +169,6 @@ static void sock_map_del_link(struct soc
 			sk_psock_stop_strp(sk, psock);
 		if (verdict_stop)
 			sk_psock_stop_verdict(sk, psock);
-
-		if (psock->psock_update_sk_prot)
-			psock->psock_update_sk_prot(sk, psock, false);
 		write_unlock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
 	}
 }
@@ -265,7 +262,7 @@ static int sock_map_link(struct bpf_map
 	}
 
 	if (psock) {
-		if ((msg_parser && READ_ONCE(psock->progs.msg_parser)) ||
+		if ((msg_parser && READ_ONCE(psock->progs.msg_parser)) || psock ||
 		    (stream_parser  && READ_ONCE(psock->progs.stream_parser)) ||
 		    (skb_verdict && READ_ONCE(psock->progs.skb_verdict)) ||
 		    (skb_verdict && READ_ONCE(psock->progs.stream_verdict)) ||