diff --git a/kernel/bpf/sockmap.c b/kernel/bpf/sockmap.c
index cf5195c7c331..01879e4d599a 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/sockmap.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/sockmap.c
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ static void bpf_tcp_close(struct sock *sk, long timeout)
 			/* If another thread deleted this object skip deletion.
 			 * The refcnt on psock may or may not be zero.
 			 */
-			if (l) {
+			if (l && l == link) {
 				hlist_del_rcu(&link->hash_node);
 				smap_release_sock(psock, link->sk);
 				free_htab_elem(htab, link);