diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
index 6da3d94..4a4e874 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_output.c
@@ -755,6 +755,17 @@
 	if (flags & (1UL << TCP_TSQ_DEFERRED))
 		tcp_tsq_handler(sk);
 
+	/* Here begins the tricky part :
+	 * We are called from release_sock() with :
+	 * 1) BH disabled
+	 * 2) sk_lock.slock spinlock held
+	 * 3) socket owned by us (sk->sk_lock.owned == 1)
+	 *
+	 * But following code is meant to be called from BH handlers,
+	 * so we should keep BH disabled, but early release socket ownership
+	 */
+	sock_release_ownership(sk);
+
 	if (flags & (1UL << TCP_WRITE_TIMER_DEFERRED)) {
 		tcp_write_timer_handler(sk);
 		__sock_put(sk);