diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 393e59a67381dc..6956b4a9503cdf 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -3839,6 +3839,11 @@ static int sock_has_perm(struct task_struct *task, struct sock *sk, u32 perms)
 	struct lsm_network_audit net = {0,};
 	u32 tsid = task_sid(task);
 
+	if (unlikely(!sksec)) {
+		pr_warn("SELinux: sksec is NULL, socket is already freed\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
 	if (sksec->sid == SECINITSID_KERNEL)
 		return 0;