diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c
index 4fd274836a48..99ac5efe244d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_metrics.c
@@ -93,6 +93,7 @@ static struct tcpm_hash_bucket	*tcp_metrics_hash __read_mostly;
 static unsigned int		tcp_metrics_hash_log __read_mostly;
 
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(tcp_metrics_lock);
+static DEFINE_SEQLOCK(fastopen_seqlock);
 
 static void tcpm_suck_dst(struct tcp_metrics_block *tm,
 			  const struct dst_entry *dst,
@@ -129,11 +130,13 @@ static void tcpm_suck_dst(struct tcp_metrics_block *tm,
 	tcp_metric_set(tm, TCP_METRIC_REORDERING,
 		       dst_metric_raw(dst, RTAX_REORDERING));
 	if (fastopen_clear) {
+		write_seqlock(&fastopen_seqlock);
 		tm->tcpm_fastopen.mss = 0;
 		tm->tcpm_fastopen.syn_loss = 0;
 		tm->tcpm_fastopen.try_exp = 0;
 		tm->tcpm_fastopen.cookie.exp = false;
 		tm->tcpm_fastopen.cookie.len = 0;
+		write_sequnlock(&fastopen_seqlock);
 	}
 }
 
@@ -194,7 +197,7 @@ static struct tcp_metrics_block *tcpm_new(struct dst_entry *dst,
 		}
 		tm = oldest;
 	} else {
-		tm = kmalloc(sizeof(*tm), GFP_ATOMIC);
+		tm = kzalloc(sizeof(*tm), GFP_ATOMIC);
 		if (!tm)
 			goto out_unlock;
 	}
@@ -204,7 +207,7 @@ static struct tcp_metrics_block *tcpm_new(struct dst_entry *dst,
 	tm->tcpm_saddr = *saddr;
 	tm->tcpm_daddr = *daddr;
 
-	tcpm_suck_dst(tm, dst, true);
+	tcpm_suck_dst(tm, dst, reclaim);
 
 	if (likely(!reclaim)) {
 		tm->tcpm_next = tcp_metrics_hash[hash].chain;
@@ -556,8 +559,6 @@ bool tcp_peer_is_proven(struct request_sock *req, struct dst_entry *dst)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static DEFINE_SEQLOCK(fastopen_seqlock);
-
 void tcp_fastopen_cache_get(struct sock *sk, u16 *mss,
 			    struct tcp_fastopen_cookie *cookie)
 {