diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
index 2a267283aef8..cbb71aca6cf1 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
@@ -484,6 +484,7 @@ void vsock_add_pending(struct sock *listener, struct sock *pending)
 	sock_hold(pending);
 	sock_hold(listener);
 	list_add_tail(&vpending->pending_links, &vlistener->pending_links);
+	sk_acceptq_added(listener);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vsock_add_pending);
 
diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c b/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
index af64fd57c0c8..2d8efeb8afe2 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
@@ -1109,7 +1109,6 @@ static int vmci_transport_recv_listen(struct sock *sk,
 	}
 
 	vsock_add_pending(sk, pending);
-	sk_acceptq_added(sk);
 
 	pending->sk_state = TCP_SYN_SENT;
 	vmci_trans(vpending)->produce_size =