diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index 24dac6b..8044f6a 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -1829,14 +1829,13 @@
 static int tcp_v6_init_sock(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
-	struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 
 	tcp_init_sock(sk);
 
 	icsk->icsk_af_ops = &ipv6_specific;
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_TCP_MD5SIG
-	tp->af_specific = &tcp_sock_ipv6_specific;
+	tcp_sk(sk)->af_specific = &tcp_sock_ipv6_specific;
 #endif
 
 	return 0;