diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 8487bf136e5c..a8c2307590b8 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ int sockfs_setattr(struct dentry *dentry, struct iattr *iattr)
 {
 	int err = simple_setattr(dentry, iattr);
 
-	if (!err) {
+	if (!err && (iattr->ia_valid & ATTR_UID)) {
 		struct socket *sock = SOCKET_I(d_inode(dentry));
 
 		sock->sk->sk_uid = iattr->ia_uid;