diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index 94abee8..507924b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -927,7 +927,8 @@
 
 	/* caller either holds rcu_read_lock() or socket lock */
 	md5sig = rcu_dereference_check(tp->md5sig_info,
-				       sock_owned_by_user(sk));
+				       sock_owned_by_user(sk) ||
+				       lockdep_is_held(&sk->sk_lock.slock));
 	if (!md5sig)
 		return NULL;
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)