diff --git a/net/llc/af_llc.c b/net/llc/af_llc.c
index 01dcc0823d1f..6d29b2b94e84 100644
--- a/net/llc/af_llc.c
+++ b/net/llc/af_llc.c
@@ -189,6 +189,7 @@ static int llc_ui_release(struct socket *sock)
 {
 	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
 	struct llc_sock *llc;
+	struct llc_sap *sap;
 
 	if (unlikely(sk == NULL))
 		goto out;
@@ -199,9 +200,15 @@ static int llc_ui_release(struct socket *sock)
 		llc->laddr.lsap, llc->daddr.lsap);
 	if (!llc_send_disc(sk))
 		llc_ui_wait_for_disc(sk, sk->sk_rcvtimeo);
+	sap = llc->sap;
+	/* Hold this for release_sock(), so that llc_backlog_rcv() could still
+	 * use it.
+	 */
+	llc_sap_hold(sap);
 	if (!sock_flag(sk, SOCK_ZAPPED))
 		llc_sap_remove_socket(llc->sap, sk);
 	release_sock(sk);
+	llc_sap_put(sap);
 	if (llc->dev)
 		dev_put(llc->dev);
 	sock_put(sk);