diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_diag.c b/net/ipv4/inet_diag.c
index 9bc26677058e..c3b1f3a0f4cf 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_diag.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_diag.c
@@ -152,8 +152,8 @@ int inet_sk_diag_fill(struct sock *sk, struct inet_connection_sock *icsk,
 				       inet6_sk(sk)->tclass) < 0)
 				goto errout;
 
-		if (ipv6_only_sock(sk) &&
-		    nla_put_u8(skb, INET_DIAG_SKV6ONLY, 1))
+		if (((1 << sk->sk_state) & (TCPF_LISTEN | TCPF_CLOSE)) &&
+		    nla_put_u8(skb, INET_DIAG_SKV6ONLY, ipv6_only_sock(sk)))
 			goto errout;
 	}
 #endif