diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index a63486afa7a7e7b4dce88b65bc27cfa872a3ba2f..d9416b5162bc1bdd1acd34fcb4da21cb6b62d0ae 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -1669,9 +1669,9 @@ int tcp_v4_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		 */
 		sock_hold(sk);
 		refcounted = true;
-		if (tcp_filter(sk, skb))
-			goto discard_and_relse;
-		nsk = tcp_check_req(sk, skb, req, false);
+		nsk = NULL;
+		if (!tcp_filter(sk, skb))
+			nsk = tcp_check_req(sk, skb, req, false);
 		if (!nsk) {
 			reqsk_put(req);
 			goto discard_and_relse;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index 38f76d8b231e3e5923ad72d05b8d320b6aeb850f..64d94afa427f81fd7a505b1cfd1c0be66c273810 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -1460,9 +1460,9 @@ static int tcp_v6_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		}
 		sock_hold(sk);
 		refcounted = true;
-		if (tcp_filter(sk, skb))
-			goto discard_and_relse;
-		nsk = tcp_check_req(sk, skb, req, false);
+		nsk = NULL;
+		if (!tcp_filter(sk, skb))
+			nsk = tcp_check_req(sk, skb, req, false);
 		if (!nsk) {
 			reqsk_put(req);
 			goto discard_and_relse;