1 files changed, 1 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c b/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c
index f9076ef3a1a8..a010e9a68811 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ struct inet_timewait_sock *inet_twsk_alloc(const struct sock *sk, const int stat
                 tw->tw_prot         = sk->sk_prot_creator;
                 atomic_set(&tw->tw_refcnt, 1);
                 inet_twsk_dead_node_init(tw);
+                __module_get(tw->tw_prot->owner);
         }
 
         return tw;