diff --git a/include/net/ipv6.h b/include/net/ipv6.h
index d664ba5812d8..335a49ecd8a0 100644
--- a/include/net/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/net/ipv6.h
@@ -1182,6 +1182,7 @@ void ipv6_icmp_error(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int err, __be16 port,
 void ipv6_local_error(struct sock *sk, int err, struct flowi6 *fl6, u32 info);
 void ipv6_local_rxpmtu(struct sock *sk, struct flowi6 *fl6, u32 mtu);
 
+void inet6_cleanup_sock(struct sock *sk);
 int inet6_release(struct socket *sock);
 int inet6_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr, int addr_len);
 int inet6_getname(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr,
diff --git a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
index d40b7d60e00e..ded827944fa6 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
@@ -510,6 +510,12 @@ void inet6_destroy_sock(struct sock *sk)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(inet6_destroy_sock);
 
+void inet6_cleanup_sock(struct sock *sk)
+{
+	inet6_destroy_sock(sk);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(inet6_cleanup_sock);
+
 /*
  *	This does both peername and sockname.
  */
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c b/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
index 408345fc4c5c..a20edae868fd 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
@@ -431,9 +431,6 @@ int do_ipv6_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
 		if (optlen < sizeof(int))
 			goto e_inval;
 		if (val == PF_INET) {
-			struct ipv6_txoptions *opt;
-			struct sk_buff *pktopt;
-
 			if (sk->sk_type == SOCK_RAW)
 				break;
 
@@ -464,7 +461,6 @@ int do_ipv6_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
 				break;
 			}
 
-			fl6_free_socklist(sk);
 			__ipv6_sock_mc_close(sk);
 			__ipv6_sock_ac_close(sk);
 
@@ -501,14 +497,14 @@ int do_ipv6_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
 				sk->sk_socket->ops = &inet_dgram_ops;
 				sk->sk_family = PF_INET;
 			}
-			opt = xchg((__force struct ipv6_txoptions **)&np->opt,
-				   NULL);
-			if (opt) {
-				atomic_sub(opt->tot_len, &sk->sk_omem_alloc);
-				txopt_put(opt);
-			}
-			pktopt = xchg(&np->pktoptions, NULL);
-			kfree_skb(pktopt);
+
+			/* Disable all options not to allocate memory anymore,
+			 * but there is still a race.  See the lockless path
+			 * in udpv6_sendmsg() and ipv6_local_rxpmtu().
+			 */
+			np->rxopt.all = 0;
+
+			inet6_cleanup_sock(sk);
 
 			/*
 			 * ... and add it to the refcnt debug socks count