diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index dbd1a68..3145103 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -1145,8 +1145,11 @@
 	if (!try_module_get(net_families[family]->owner))
 		goto out_release;
 
-	if ((err = net_families[family]->create(sock, protocol)) < 0)
+	if ((err = net_families[family]->create(sock, protocol)) < 0) {
+		sock->ops = NULL;
 		goto out_module_put;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Now to bump the refcnt of the [loadable] module that owns this
 	 * socket at sock_release time we decrement its refcnt.
@@ -1360,16 +1363,16 @@
 	newsock->type = sock->type;
 	newsock->ops = sock->ops;
 
-	err = security_socket_accept(sock, newsock);
-	if (err)
-		goto out_release;
-
 	/*
 	 * We don't need try_module_get here, as the listening socket (sock)
 	 * has the protocol module (sock->ops->owner) held.
 	 */
 	__module_get(newsock->ops->owner);
 
+	err = security_socket_accept(sock, newsock);
+	if (err)
+		goto out_release;
+
 	err = sock->ops->accept(sock, newsock, sock->file->f_flags);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto out_release;