diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index f0d2e2571f562..5c5807ed66eef 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -1939,6 +1939,11 @@ struct tcp_request_sock_ops {
 			   enum tcp_synack_type synack_type);
 };
 
+extern const struct tcp_request_sock_ops tcp_request_sock_ipv4_ops;
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
+extern const struct tcp_request_sock_ops tcp_request_sock_ipv6_ops;
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES
 static inline __u32 cookie_init_sequence(const struct tcp_request_sock_ops *ops,
 					 const struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
diff --git a/net/ipv4/syncookies.c b/net/ipv4/syncookies.c
index 1a06850ef3cc5..929f989de1f63 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/syncookies.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/syncookies.c
@@ -337,6 +337,7 @@ struct sock *cookie_v4_check(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	ireq = inet_rsk(req);
 	treq = tcp_rsk(req);
+	treq->af_specific	= &tcp_request_sock_ipv4_ops;
 	treq->rcv_isn		= ntohl(th->seq) - 1;
 	treq->snt_isn		= cookie;
 	treq->ts_off		= 0;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
index c9fc6e3868be3..2719c60f285b0 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c
@@ -1372,7 +1372,7 @@ struct request_sock_ops tcp_request_sock_ops __read_mostly = {
 	.syn_ack_timeout =	tcp_syn_ack_timeout,
 };
 
-static const struct tcp_request_sock_ops tcp_request_sock_ipv4_ops = {
+const struct tcp_request_sock_ops tcp_request_sock_ipv4_ops = {
 	.mss_clamp	=	TCP_MSS_DEFAULT,
 #ifdef CONFIG_TCP_MD5SIG
 	.req_md5_lookup	=	tcp_v4_md5_lookup,
diff --git a/net/ipv6/syncookies.c b/net/ipv6/syncookies.c
index ec61b67a92be0..ca291e342900c 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/syncookies.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/syncookies.c
@@ -181,6 +181,7 @@ struct sock *cookie_v6_check(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	ireq = inet_rsk(req);
 	treq = tcp_rsk(req);
+	treq->af_specific = &tcp_request_sock_ipv6_ops;
 	treq->tfo_listener = false;
 
 	if (security_inet_conn_request(sk, skb, req))
diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index c332f75f4e9aa..c9ba827aded26 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ struct request_sock_ops tcp6_request_sock_ops __read_mostly = {
 	.syn_ack_timeout =	tcp_syn_ack_timeout,
 };
 
-static const struct tcp_request_sock_ops tcp_request_sock_ipv6_ops = {
+const struct tcp_request_sock_ops tcp_request_sock_ipv6_ops = {
 	.mss_clamp	=	IPV6_MIN_MTU - sizeof(struct tcphdr) -
 				sizeof(struct ipv6hdr),
 #ifdef CONFIG_TCP_MD5SIG