diff --git a/net/sctp/socket.c b/net/sctp/socket.c
index f52fe90d3e00..58d0d9747f0b 100644
--- a/net/sctp/socket.c
+++ b/net/sctp/socket.c
@@ -4855,8 +4855,9 @@ static struct sock *sctp_clone_sock(struct sock *sk,
 	if (!newsk)
 		return ERR_PTR(err);
 
-	/* sk_clone() sets refcnt to 2 */
+	/* sk_clone() sets refcnt to 2 and increments sockets_allocated */
 	sock_put(newsk);
+	sk_sockets_allocated_dec(newsk);
 
 	newinet = inet_sk(newsk);
 	newsp = sctp_sk(newsk);