diff --git a/net/llc/af_llc.c b/net/llc/af_llc.c
index 6d29b2b94e848..cb80ebb38311e 100644
--- a/net/llc/af_llc.c
+++ b/net/llc/af_llc.c
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@ 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;
@@ -200,15 +199,19 @@ 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))
+	if (!sock_flag(sk, SOCK_ZAPPED)) {
+		struct llc_sap *sap = llc->sap;
+
+		/* Hold this for release_sock(), so that llc_backlog_rcv()
+		 * could still use it.
+		 */
+		llc_sap_hold(sap);
 		llc_sap_remove_socket(llc->sap, sk);
-	release_sock(sk);
-	llc_sap_put(sap);
+		release_sock(sk);
+		llc_sap_put(sap);
+	} else {
+		release_sock(sk);
+	}
 	if (llc->dev)
 		dev_put(llc->dev);
 	sock_put(sk);