diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index f10832ca2e90..e0360f5a53e9 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -67,6 +67,7 @@
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
 #include <net/dst.h>
 #include <net/checksum.h>
+#include <net/tcp_states.h>
 #include <linux/net_tstamp.h>
 
 struct cgroup;
@@ -2218,6 +2219,14 @@ static inline struct sock *skb_steal_sock(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+/* This helper checks if a socket is a full socket,
+ * ie _not_ a timewait or request socket.
+ */
+static inline bool sk_fullsock(const struct sock *sk)
+{
+	return (1 << sk->sk_state) & ~(TCPF_TIME_WAIT | TCPF_NEW_SYN_RECV);
+}
+
 void sock_enable_timestamp(struct sock *sk, int flag);
 int sock_get_timestamp(struct sock *, struct timeval __user *);
 int sock_get_timestampns(struct sock *, struct timespec __user *);