diff --git a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
index 2f646335d218..9408dc3bb42d 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
@@ -1637,10 +1637,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(inet_current_timestamp);
 
 int inet_recv_error(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, int len, int *addr_len)
 {
-	if (sk->sk_family == AF_INET)
+	unsigned int family = READ_ONCE(sk->sk_family);
+
+	if (family == AF_INET)
 		return ip_recv_error(sk, msg, len, addr_len);
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
-	if (sk->sk_family == AF_INET6)
+	if (family == AF_INET6)
 		return pingv6_ops.ipv6_recv_error(sk, msg, len, addr_len);
 #endif
 	return -EINVAL;