diff --git a/net/smc/smc.h b/net/smc/smc.h
index 34b781e463c43a..ad77d6b6b8d3ae 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc.h
+++ b/net/smc/smc.h
@@ -284,6 +284,9 @@ struct smc_connection {
 
 struct smc_sock {				/* smc sock container */
 	struct sock		sk;
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
+	struct ipv6_pinfo	*pinet6;
+#endif
 	struct socket		*clcsock;	/* internal tcp socket */
 	void			(*clcsk_state_change)(struct sock *sk);
 						/* original stat_change fct. */
diff --git a/net/smc/smc_inet.c b/net/smc/smc_inet.c
index bece346dd8e9d7..a5b2041600f959 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_inet.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_inet.c
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ static struct inet_protosw smc_inet_protosw = {
 };
 
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
+struct smc6_sock {
+	struct smc_sock		smc;
+	struct ipv6_pinfo	inet6;
+};
+
 static struct proto smc_inet6_prot = {
 	.name		= "INET6_SMC",
 	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
@@ -67,9 +72,10 @@ static struct proto smc_inet6_prot = {
 	.hash		= smc_hash_sk,
 	.unhash		= smc_unhash_sk,
 	.release_cb	= smc_release_cb,
-	.obj_size	= sizeof(struct smc_sock),
+	.obj_size	= sizeof(struct smc6_sock),
 	.h.smc_hash	= &smc_v6_hashinfo,
 	.slab_flags	= SLAB_TYPESAFE_BY_RCU,
+	.ipv6_pinfo_offset	= offsetof(struct smc6_sock, inet6),
 };
 
 static const struct proto_ops smc_inet6_stream_ops = {