1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
index 82572b507547..df31cdd33cda 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
@@ -98,6 +98,11 @@ static int inet6_create(struct socket *sock, int protocol)
         int try_loading_module = 0;
         int err;
 
+        if (sock->type != SOCK_RAW &&
+            sock->type != SOCK_DGRAM &&
+            !inet_ehash_secret)
+                build_ehash_secret();
+
         /* Look for the requested type/protocol pair. */
         answer = NULL;
 lookup_protocol: