diff --git a/include/net/inet_sock.h b/include/net/inet_sock.h
index f5bf731..2134e6d 100644
--- a/include/net/inet_sock.h
+++ b/include/net/inet_sock.h
@@ -210,6 +210,18 @@
 #define IP_CMSG_ORIGDSTADDR	BIT(6)
 #define IP_CMSG_CHECKSUM	BIT(7)
 
+/* SYNACK messages might be attached to request sockets.
+ * Some places want to reach the listener in this case.
+ */
+static inline struct sock *skb_to_full_sk(const struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	struct sock *sk = skb->sk;
+
+	if (sk && sk->sk_state == TCP_NEW_SYN_RECV)
+		sk = inet_reqsk(sk)->rsk_listener;
+	return sk;
+}
+
 static inline struct inet_sock *inet_sk(const struct sock *sk)
 {
 	return (struct inet_sock *)sk;
diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index c9b2d54..23307da 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -4931,23 +4931,11 @@
 	return selinux_ip_output(skb, PF_INET);
 }
 
-/* SYNACK messages might be attached to request sockets.
- * To get back to sk_security, we need to look at the listener.
- */
-static struct sock *selinux_skb_sk(const struct sk_buff *skb)
-{
-	struct sock *sk = skb->sk;
-
-	if (sk && sk->sk_state == TCP_NEW_SYN_RECV)
-		sk = inet_reqsk(sk)->rsk_listener;
-	return sk;
-}
-
 static unsigned int selinux_ip_postroute_compat(struct sk_buff *skb,
 						int ifindex,
 						u16 family)
 {
-	struct sock *sk = selinux_skb_sk(skb);
+	struct sock *sk = skb_to_full_sk(skb);
 	struct sk_security_struct *sksec;
 	struct common_audit_data ad;
 	struct lsm_network_audit net = {0,};
@@ -5002,7 +4990,7 @@
 	if (!secmark_active && !peerlbl_active)
 		return NF_ACCEPT;
 
-	sk = selinux_skb_sk(skb);
+	sk = skb_to_full_sk(skb);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_XFRM
 	/* If skb->dst->xfrm is non-NULL then the packet is undergoing an IPsec
diff --git a/security/selinux/netlabel.c b/security/selinux/netlabel.c
index 0364120..1f989a5 100644
--- a/security/selinux/netlabel.c
+++ b/security/selinux/netlabel.c
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@
 
 	/* if this is a locally generated packet check to see if it is already
 	 * being labeled by it's parent socket, if it is just exit */
-	sk = skb->sk;
+	sk = skb_to_full_sk(skb);
 	if (sk != NULL) {
 		struct sk_security_struct *sksec = sk->sk_security;
 		if (sksec->nlbl_state != NLBL_REQSKB)