diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 70c6ccbdf49f..415f441c63b9 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -1687,6 +1687,7 @@ struct sock *sk_clone_lock(const struct sock *sk, const gfp_t priority)
 		atomic_set(&newsk->sk_zckey, 0);
 
 		sock_reset_flag(newsk, SOCK_DONE);
+		cgroup_sk_alloc(&newsk->sk_cgrp_data);
 
 		rcu_read_lock();
 		filter = rcu_dereference(sk->sk_filter);
@@ -1718,8 +1719,6 @@ struct sock *sk_clone_lock(const struct sock *sk, const gfp_t priority)
 		newsk->sk_incoming_cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
 		atomic64_set(&newsk->sk_cookie, 0);
 
-		cgroup_sk_alloc(&newsk->sk_cgrp_data);
-
 		/*
 		 * Before updating sk_refcnt, we must commit prior changes to memory
 		 * (Documentation/RCU/rculist_nulls.txt for details)