diff --git a/net/ipv4/fou_core.c b/net/ipv4/fou_core.c
index 0abbc413e0fe..78b869b31492 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fou_core.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fou_core.c
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ struct fou_net {
 
 static inline struct fou *fou_from_sock(struct sock *sk)
 {
-	return sk->sk_user_data;
+	return rcu_dereference_sk_user_data(sk);
 }
 
 static int fou_recv_pull(struct sk_buff *skb, struct fou *fou, size_t len)
@@ -233,9 +233,15 @@ static struct sk_buff *fou_gro_receive(struct sock *sk,
 				       struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	const struct net_offload __rcu **offloads;
-	u8 proto = fou_from_sock(sk)->protocol;
+	struct fou *fou = fou_from_sock(sk);
 	const struct net_offload *ops;
 	struct sk_buff *pp = NULL;
+	u8 proto;
+
+	if (!fou)
+		goto out;
+
+	proto = fou->protocol;
 
 	/* We can clear the encap_mark for FOU as we are essentially doing
 	 * one of two possible things.  We are either adding an L4 tunnel
@@ -263,14 +269,24 @@ static int fou_gro_complete(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 			    int nhoff)
 {
 	const struct net_offload __rcu **offloads;
-	u8 proto = fou_from_sock(sk)->protocol;
+	struct fou *fou = fou_from_sock(sk);
 	const struct net_offload *ops;
-	int err = -ENOSYS;
+	u8 proto;
+	int err;
+
+	if (!fou) {
+		err = -ENOENT;
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	proto = fou->protocol;
 
 	offloads = NAPI_GRO_CB(skb)->is_ipv6 ? inet6_offloads : inet_offloads;
 	ops = rcu_dereference(offloads[proto]);
-	if (WARN_ON(!ops || !ops->callbacks.gro_complete))
+	if (WARN_ON(!ops || !ops->callbacks.gro_complete)) {
+		err = -ENOSYS;
 		goto out;
+	}
 
 	err = ops->callbacks.gro_complete(skb, nhoff);
 
@@ -320,6 +336,9 @@ static struct sk_buff *gue_gro_receive(struct sock *sk,
 	struct gro_remcsum grc;
 	u8 proto;
 
+	if (!fou)
+		goto out;
+
 	skb_gro_remcsum_init(&grc);
 
 	off = skb_gro_offset(skb);