diff --git a/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c b/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c
index 05d562e9c8b18..44b19e6961763 100644
--- a/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c
+++ b/drivers/connector/cn_proc.c
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ static int cn_filter(struct sock *dsk, struct sk_buff *skb, void *data)
 	enum proc_cn_mcast_op mc_op;
 	uintptr_t val;
 
-	if (!dsk || !data)
+	if (!dsk || !dsk->sk_user_data || !data)
 		return 0;
 
 	ptr = (__u32 *)data;