diff --git a/net/smc/af_smc.c b/net/smc/af_smc.c
index b398d72a7bc3..e070b0e2a30c 100644
--- a/net/smc/af_smc.c
+++ b/net/smc/af_smc.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ static int __smc_release(struct smc_sock *smc)
 
 	if (!smc->use_fallback) {
 		rc = smc_close_active(smc);
-		sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD);
+		smc_sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD);
 		sk->sk_shutdown |= SHUTDOWN_MASK;
 	} else {
 		if (sk->sk_state != SMC_CLOSED) {
@@ -928,7 +928,7 @@ static int smc_clcsock_accept(struct smc_sock *lsmc, struct smc_sock **new_smc)
 		if (new_clcsock)
 			sock_release(new_clcsock);
 		new_sk->sk_state = SMC_CLOSED;
-		sock_set_flag(new_sk, SOCK_DEAD);
+		smc_sock_set_flag(new_sk, SOCK_DEAD);
 		sock_put(new_sk); /* final */
 		*new_smc = NULL;
 		goto out;
diff --git a/net/smc/smc.h b/net/smc/smc.h
index 878313f8d6c1..8c46eaf014a7 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc.h
+++ b/net/smc/smc.h
@@ -265,4 +265,9 @@ static inline bool using_ipsec(struct smc_sock *smc)
 struct sock *smc_accept_dequeue(struct sock *parent, struct socket *new_sock);
 void smc_close_non_accepted(struct sock *sk);
 
+static inline void smc_sock_set_flag(struct sock *sk, enum sock_flags flag)
+{
+	set_bit(flag, &sk->sk_flags);
+}
+
 #endif	/* __SMC_H */
diff --git a/net/smc/smc_cdc.c b/net/smc/smc_cdc.c
index d0b0f4c865b4..68e1155126cf 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_cdc.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_cdc.c
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ static void smc_cdc_msg_recv_action(struct smc_sock *smc,
 		smc->sk.sk_shutdown |= RCV_SHUTDOWN;
 		if (smc->clcsock && smc->clcsock->sk)
 			smc->clcsock->sk->sk_shutdown |= RCV_SHUTDOWN;
-		sock_set_flag(&smc->sk, SOCK_DONE);
+		smc_sock_set_flag(&smc->sk, SOCK_DONE);
 		sock_hold(&smc->sk); /* sock_put in close_work */
 		if (!schedule_work(&conn->close_work))
 			sock_put(&smc->sk);
diff --git a/net/smc/smc_close.c b/net/smc/smc_close.c
index 543948d970c5..a704234c1a2b 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_close.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_close.c
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ static void smc_close_active_abort(struct smc_sock *smc)
 		break;
 	}
 
-	sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD);
+	smc_sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD);
 	sk->sk_state_change(sk);
 }