diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index f954d5893e799a..6f27c24016fee7 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -1531,6 +1531,8 @@ int sk_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
 			ret = -EINVAL;
 			break;
 		}
+		if ((u8)val == SOCK_TXREHASH_DEFAULT)
+			val = READ_ONCE(sock_net(sk)->core.sysctl_txrehash);
 		/* Paired with READ_ONCE() in tcp_rtx_synack() */
 		WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_txrehash, (u8)val);
 		break;
@@ -3451,7 +3453,6 @@ void sock_init_data(struct socket *sock, struct sock *sk)
 	sk->sk_pacing_rate = ~0UL;
 	WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_pacing_shift, 10);
 	sk->sk_incoming_cpu = -1;
-	sk->sk_txrehash = SOCK_TXREHASH_DEFAULT;
 
 	sk_rx_queue_clear(sk);
 	/*
diff --git a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
index 6c0ec27899431e..cf11f10927e1af 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ static int inet_create(struct net *net, struct socket *sock, int protocol,
 	sk->sk_destruct	   = inet_sock_destruct;
 	sk->sk_protocol	   = protocol;
 	sk->sk_backlog_rcv = sk->sk_prot->backlog_rcv;
+	sk->sk_txrehash = READ_ONCE(net->core.sysctl_txrehash);
 
 	inet->uc_ttl	= -1;
 	inet->mc_loop	= 1;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
index d1f83757939830..f2c43f67187db7 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
@@ -1225,9 +1225,6 @@ int inet_csk_listen_start(struct sock *sk)
 	sk->sk_ack_backlog = 0;
 	inet_csk_delack_init(sk);
 
-	if (sk->sk_txrehash == SOCK_TXREHASH_DEFAULT)
-		sk->sk_txrehash = READ_ONCE(sock_net(sk)->core.sysctl_txrehash);
-
 	/* There is race window here: we announce ourselves listening,
 	 * but this transition is still not validated by get_port().
 	 * It is OK, because this socket enters to hash table only
diff --git a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
index fee9163382c254..847934763868bb 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
@@ -222,6 +222,7 @@ static int inet6_create(struct net *net, struct socket *sock, int protocol,
 	np->pmtudisc	= IPV6_PMTUDISC_WANT;
 	np->repflow	= net->ipv6.sysctl.flowlabel_reflect & FLOWLABEL_REFLECT_ESTABLISHED;
 	sk->sk_ipv6only	= net->ipv6.sysctl.bindv6only;
+	sk->sk_txrehash = READ_ONCE(net->core.sysctl_txrehash);
 
 	/* Init the ipv4 part of the socket since we can have sockets
 	 * using v6 API for ipv4.