diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
index 12e975ed4910d8..0bcdbb00d1b885 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
@@ -1047,12 +1047,13 @@ static bool reqsk_queue_unlink(struct request_sock *req)
 		found = __sk_nulls_del_node_init_rcu(sk);
 		spin_unlock(lock);
 	}
-	if (timer_pending(&req->rsk_timer) && del_timer_sync(&req->rsk_timer))
-		reqsk_put(req);
+
 	return found;
 }
 
-bool inet_csk_reqsk_queue_drop(struct sock *sk, struct request_sock *req)
+static bool __inet_csk_reqsk_queue_drop(struct sock *sk,
+					struct request_sock *req,
+					bool from_timer)
 {
 	bool unlinked = reqsk_queue_unlink(req);
 
@@ -1060,8 +1061,17 @@ bool inet_csk_reqsk_queue_drop(struct sock *sk, struct request_sock *req)
 		reqsk_queue_removed(&inet_csk(sk)->icsk_accept_queue, req);
 		reqsk_put(req);
 	}
+
+	if (!from_timer && timer_delete_sync(&req->rsk_timer))
+		reqsk_put(req);
+
 	return unlinked;
 }
+
+bool inet_csk_reqsk_queue_drop(struct sock *sk, struct request_sock *req)
+{
+	return __inet_csk_reqsk_queue_drop(sk, req, false);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(inet_csk_reqsk_queue_drop);
 
 void inet_csk_reqsk_queue_drop_and_put(struct sock *sk, struct request_sock *req)
@@ -1154,7 +1164,7 @@ static void reqsk_timer_handler(struct timer_list *t)
 
 		if (!inet_ehash_insert(req_to_sk(nreq), req_to_sk(oreq), NULL)) {
 			/* delete timer */
-			inet_csk_reqsk_queue_drop(sk_listener, nreq);
+			__inet_csk_reqsk_queue_drop(sk_listener, nreq, true);
 			goto no_ownership;
 		}
 
@@ -1180,7 +1190,8 @@ static void reqsk_timer_handler(struct timer_list *t)
 	}
 
 drop:
-	inet_csk_reqsk_queue_drop_and_put(oreq->rsk_listener, oreq);
+	__inet_csk_reqsk_queue_drop(sk_listener, oreq, true);
+	reqsk_put(req);
 }
 
 static bool reqsk_queue_hash_req(struct request_sock *req,