diff --git a/net/nfc/llcp/sock.c b/net/nfc/llcp/sock.c
index e488e440186a..8f025746f337 100644
--- a/net/nfc/llcp/sock.c
+++ b/net/nfc/llcp/sock.c
@@ -270,7 +270,9 @@ struct sock *nfc_llcp_accept_dequeue(struct sock *parent,
 		}
 
 		if (sk->sk_state == LLCP_CONNECTED || !newsock) {
-			nfc_llcp_accept_unlink(sk);
+			list_del_init(&lsk->accept_queue);
+			sock_put(sk);
+
 			if (newsock)
 				sock_graft(sk, newsock);