diff --git a/include/linux/socket.h b/include/linux/socket.h
index 6a9840271676..f8d040434a13 100644
--- a/include/linux/socket.h
+++ b/include/linux/socket.h
@@ -363,5 +363,6 @@ extern int __sys_sendto(int fd, void __user *buff, size_t len,
 			int addr_len);
 extern int __sys_accept4(int fd, struct sockaddr __user *upeer_sockaddr,
 			 int __user *upeer_addrlen, int flags);
+extern int __sys_socket(int family, int type, int protocol);
 
 #endif /* _LINUX_SOCKET_H */
diff --git a/net/compat.c b/net/compat.c
index 0ff9f7451b6f..5b3b74c5812e 100644
--- a/net/compat.c
+++ b/net/compat.c
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE2(socketcall, int, call, u32 __user *, args)
 
 	switch (call) {
 	case SYS_SOCKET:
-		ret = sys_socket(a0, a1, a[2]);
+		ret = __sys_socket(a0, a1, a[2]);
 		break;
 	case SYS_BIND:
 		ret = sys_bind(a0, compat_ptr(a1), a[2]);
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 45f6ea0d57a5..07f379e50def 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -1332,7 +1332,7 @@ int sock_create_kern(struct net *net, int family, int type, int protocol, struct
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sock_create_kern);
 
-SYSCALL_DEFINE3(socket, int, family, int, type, int, protocol)
+int __sys_socket(int family, int type, int protocol)
 {
 	int retval;
 	struct socket *sock;
@@ -1359,6 +1359,11 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(socket, int, family, int, type, int, protocol)
 	return sock_map_fd(sock, flags & (O_CLOEXEC | O_NONBLOCK));
 }
 
+SYSCALL_DEFINE3(socket, int, family, int, type, int, protocol)
+{
+	return __sys_socket(family, type, protocol);
+}
+
 /*
  *	Create a pair of connected sockets.
  */
@@ -2463,7 +2468,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(socketcall, int, call, unsigned long __user *, args)
 
 	switch (call) {
 	case SYS_SOCKET:
-		err = sys_socket(a0, a1, a[2]);
+		err = __sys_socket(a0, a1, a[2]);
 		break;
 	case SYS_BIND:
 		err = sys_bind(a0, (struct sockaddr __user *)a1, a[2]);