diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index c73e28fc9c2a..df171acfe232 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -1543,6 +1543,7 @@ struct sock *sk_clone_lock(const struct sock *sk, const gfp_t priority)
 		RCU_INIT_POINTER(newsk->sk_reuseport_cb, NULL);
 
 		newsk->sk_err	   = 0;
+		newsk->sk_err_soft = 0;
 		newsk->sk_priority = 0;
 		newsk->sk_incoming_cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
 		atomic64_set(&newsk->sk_cookie, 0);