diff --git a/net/smc/af_smc.c b/net/smc/af_smc.c
index 5b932583e407..cea3c36ea0da 100644
--- a/net/smc/af_smc.c
+++ b/net/smc/af_smc.c
@@ -123,6 +123,12 @@ struct proto smc_proto6 = {
 };
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(smc_proto6);
 
+static void smc_restore_fallback_changes(struct smc_sock *smc)
+{
+	smc->clcsock->file->private_data = smc->sk.sk_socket;
+	smc->clcsock->file = NULL;
+}
+
 static int __smc_release(struct smc_sock *smc)
 {
 	struct sock *sk = &smc->sk;
@@ -141,6 +147,7 @@ static int __smc_release(struct smc_sock *smc)
 		}
 		sk->sk_state = SMC_CLOSED;
 		sk->sk_state_change(sk);
+		smc_restore_fallback_changes(smc);
 	}
 
 	sk->sk_prot->unhash(sk);
@@ -1291,8 +1298,8 @@ static void smc_listen_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	/* check if RDMA is available */
 	if (!ism_supported) { /* SMC_TYPE_R or SMC_TYPE_B */
 		/* prepare RDMA check */
-		memset(&ini, 0, sizeof(ini));
 		ini.is_smcd = false;
+		ini.ism_dev = NULL;
 		ini.ib_lcl = &pclc->lcl;
 		rc = smc_find_rdma_device(new_smc, &ini);
 		if (rc) {