diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index 688256d34788..1c925b553517 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -1686,7 +1686,12 @@ void sk_common_release(struct sock *sk);
  *	Default socket callbacks and setup code
  */
 
-/* Initialise core socket variables */
+/* Initialise core socket variables using an explicit uid. */
+void sock_init_data_uid(struct socket *sock, struct sock *sk, kuid_t uid);
+
+/* Initialise core socket variables
+ * Assumes struct socket *sock is embedded in a struct socket_alloc.
+ */
 void sock_init_data(struct socket *sock, struct sock *sk);
 
 /*
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 47d5bcb9256d..396a118b1675 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -2777,7 +2777,7 @@ void sk_stop_timer(struct sock *sk, struct timer_list* timer)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sk_stop_timer);
 
-void sock_init_data(struct socket *sock, struct sock *sk)
+void sock_init_data_uid(struct socket *sock, struct sock *sk, kuid_t uid)
 {
 	sk_init_common(sk);
 	sk->sk_send_head	=	NULL;
@@ -2796,11 +2796,10 @@ void sock_init_data(struct socket *sock, struct sock *sk)
 		sk->sk_type	=	sock->type;
 		sk->sk_wq	=	sock->wq;
 		sock->sk	=	sk;
-		sk->sk_uid	=	SOCK_INODE(sock)->i_uid;
 	} else {
 		sk->sk_wq	=	NULL;
-		sk->sk_uid	=	make_kuid(sock_net(sk)->user_ns, 0);
 	}
+	sk->sk_uid	=	uid;
 
 	rwlock_init(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
 	if (sk->sk_kern_sock)
@@ -2856,6 +2855,16 @@ void sock_init_data(struct socket *sock, struct sock *sk)
 	refcount_set(&sk->sk_refcnt, 1);
 	atomic_set(&sk->sk_drops, 0);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sock_init_data_uid);
+
+void sock_init_data(struct socket *sock, struct sock *sk)
+{
+	kuid_t uid = sock ?
+		SOCK_INODE(sock)->i_uid :
+		make_kuid(sock_net(sk)->user_ns, 0);
+
+	sock_init_data_uid(sock, sk, uid);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sock_init_data);
 
 void lock_sock_nested(struct sock *sk, int subclass)