diff --git a/net/core/filter.c b/net/core/filter.c
index 834614071727..2fb45a86f3dd 100644
--- a/net/core/filter.c
+++ b/net/core/filter.c
@@ -11251,6 +11251,7 @@ BPF_CALL_4(sk_select_reuseport, struct sk_reuseport_kern *, reuse_kern,
 	bool is_sockarray = map->map_type == BPF_MAP_TYPE_REUSEPORT_SOCKARRAY;
 	struct sock_reuseport *reuse;
 	struct sock *selected_sk;
+	int err;
 
 	selected_sk = map->ops->map_lookup_elem(map, key);
 	if (!selected_sk)
@@ -11258,10 +11259,6 @@ BPF_CALL_4(sk_select_reuseport, struct sk_reuseport_kern *, reuse_kern,
 
 	reuse = rcu_dereference(selected_sk->sk_reuseport_cb);
 	if (!reuse) {
-		/* Lookup in sock_map can return TCP ESTABLISHED sockets. */
-		if (sk_is_refcounted(selected_sk))
-			sock_put(selected_sk);
-
 		/* reuseport_array has only sk with non NULL sk_reuseport_cb.
 		 * The only (!reuse) case here is - the sk has already been
 		 * unhashed (e.g. by close()), so treat it as -ENOENT.
@@ -11269,24 +11266,33 @@ BPF_CALL_4(sk_select_reuseport, struct sk_reuseport_kern *, reuse_kern,
 		 * Other maps (e.g. sock_map) do not provide this guarantee and
 		 * the sk may never be in the reuseport group to begin with.
 		 */
-		return is_sockarray ? -ENOENT : -EINVAL;
+		err = is_sockarray ? -ENOENT : -EINVAL;
+		goto error;
 	}
 
 	if (unlikely(reuse->reuseport_id != reuse_kern->reuseport_id)) {
 		struct sock *sk = reuse_kern->sk;
 
-		if (sk->sk_protocol != selected_sk->sk_protocol)
-			return -EPROTOTYPE;
-		else if (sk->sk_family != selected_sk->sk_family)
-			return -EAFNOSUPPORT;
-
-		/* Catch all. Likely bound to a different sockaddr. */
-		return -EBADFD;
+		if (sk->sk_protocol != selected_sk->sk_protocol) {
+			err = -EPROTOTYPE;
+		} else if (sk->sk_family != selected_sk->sk_family) {
+			err = -EAFNOSUPPORT;
+		} else {
+			/* Catch all. Likely bound to a different sockaddr. */
+			err = -EBADFD;
+		}
+		goto error;
 	}
 
 	reuse_kern->selected_sk = selected_sk;
 
 	return 0;
+error:
+	/* Lookup in sock_map can return TCP ESTABLISHED sockets. */
+	if (sk_is_refcounted(selected_sk))
+		sock_put(selected_sk);
+
+	return err;
 }
 
 static const struct bpf_func_proto sk_select_reuseport_proto = {