diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
index 3b38610958ee4b..dab723fea0ccc8 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_connection_sock.c
@@ -1269,6 +1269,8 @@ int inet_csk_listen_start(struct sock *sk)
 
 	reqsk_queue_alloc(&icsk->icsk_accept_queue);
 
+	/* closed sockets can have non zero sk_shutdown */
+	WRITE_ONCE(sk->sk_shutdown, 0);
 	sk->sk_ack_backlog = 0;
 	inet_csk_delack_init(sk);