diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index 66b56288c1d3..6c9a83016e95 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -2098,7 +2098,7 @@ static inline int sk_rx_queue_get(const struct sock *sk)
 
 static inline void sk_set_socket(struct sock *sk, struct socket *sock)
 {
-	sk->sk_socket = sock;
+	WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_socket, sock);
 	if (sock) {
 		WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_uid, SOCK_INODE(sock)->i_uid);
 		WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_ino, SOCK_INODE(sock)->i_ino);
diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index dc47d3efc72e..0e217041958a 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -5590,15 +5590,28 @@ static void __skb_complete_tx_timestamp(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 static bool skb_may_tx_timestamp(struct sock *sk, bool tsonly)
 {
-	bool ret;
+	struct socket *sock;
+	struct file *file;
+	bool ret = false;
 
 	if (likely(tsonly || READ_ONCE(sock_net(sk)->core.sysctl_tstamp_allow_data)))
 		return true;
 
-	read_lock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
-	ret = sk->sk_socket && sk->sk_socket->file &&
-	      file_ns_capable(sk->sk_socket->file, &init_user_ns, CAP_NET_RAW);
-	read_unlock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
+	/* The sk pointer remains valid as long as the skb is. The sk_socket and
+	 * file pointer may become NULL if the socket is closed. Both structures
+	 * (including file->cred) are RCU freed which means they can be accessed
+	 * within a RCU read section.
+	 */
+	rcu_read_lock();
+	sock = READ_ONCE(sk->sk_socket);
+	if (!sock)
+		goto out;
+	file = READ_ONCE(sock->file);
+	if (!file)
+		goto out;
+	ret = file_ns_capable(file, &init_user_ns, CAP_NET_RAW);
+out:
+	rcu_read_unlock();
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 136b98c54fb3..05952188127f 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -674,7 +674,7 @@ static void __sock_release(struct socket *sock, struct inode *inode)
 		iput(SOCK_INODE(sock));
 		return;
 	}
-	sock->file = NULL;
+	WRITE_ONCE(sock->file, NULL);
 }
 
 /**