diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c
index fe6178715ba0..915286c3615a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c
@@ -221,11 +221,11 @@ static int tcp_bpf_recvmsg_parser(struct sock *sk,
 				  int flags,
 				  int *addr_len)
 {
-	struct tcp_sock *tcp = tcp_sk(sk);
 	int peek = flags & MSG_PEEK;
-	u32 seq = tcp->copied_seq;
 	struct sk_psock *psock;
+	struct tcp_sock *tcp;
 	int copied = 0;
+	u32 seq;
 
 	if (unlikely(flags & MSG_ERRQUEUE))
 		return inet_recv_error(sk, msg, len, addr_len);
@@ -238,7 +238,8 @@ static int tcp_bpf_recvmsg_parser(struct sock *sk,
 		return tcp_recvmsg(sk, msg, len, flags, addr_len);
 
 	lock_sock(sk);
-
+	tcp = tcp_sk(sk);
+	seq = tcp->copied_seq;
 	/* We may have received data on the sk_receive_queue pre-accept and
 	 * then we can not use read_skb in this context because we haven't
 	 * assigned a sk_socket yet so have no link to the ops. The work-around