diff --git a/include/net/dropreason-core.h b/include/net/dropreason-core.h
index d6c9d841eb113..32a34dfe8cc58 100644
--- a/include/net/dropreason-core.h
+++ b/include/net/dropreason-core.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 	FN(SOCKET_CLOSE)		\
 	FN(SOCKET_FILTER)		\
 	FN(SOCKET_RCVBUFF)		\
+	FN(UNIX_DISCONNECT)		\
 	FN(UNIX_SKIP_OOB)		\
 	FN(PKT_TOO_SMALL)		\
 	FN(TCP_CSUM)			\
@@ -146,6 +147,12 @@ enum skb_drop_reason {
 	SKB_DROP_REASON_SOCKET_FILTER,
 	/** @SKB_DROP_REASON_SOCKET_RCVBUFF: socket receive buff is full */
 	SKB_DROP_REASON_SOCKET_RCVBUFF,
+	/**
+	 * @SKB_DROP_REASON_UNIX_DISCONNECT: recv queue is purged when SOCK_DGRAM
+	 * or SOCK_SEQPACKET socket re-connect()s to another socket or notices
+	 * during send() that the peer has been close()d.
+	 */
+	SKB_DROP_REASON_UNIX_DISCONNECT,
 	/**
 	 * @SKB_DROP_REASON_UNIX_SKIP_OOB: Out-Of-Band data is skipped by
 	 * recv() without MSG_OOB so dropped.
diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index de4966e1b7ff9..5e1b408c19daf 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -622,7 +622,9 @@ static void unix_write_space(struct sock *sk)
 static void unix_dgram_disconnected(struct sock *sk, struct sock *other)
 {
 	if (!skb_queue_empty(&sk->sk_receive_queue)) {
-		skb_queue_purge(&sk->sk_receive_queue);
+		skb_queue_purge_reason(&sk->sk_receive_queue,
+				       SKB_DROP_REASON_UNIX_DISCONNECT);
+
 		wake_up_interruptible_all(&unix_sk(sk)->peer_wait);
 
 		/* If one link of bidirectional dgram pipe is disconnected,