diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 777ee98..877bab7 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@
 #include <net/ip.h>		/* for local_port_range[] */
 #include <net/sock.h>
 #include <net/tcp.h>		/* struct or_callable used in sock_rcv_skb */
+#include <net/inet_connection_sock.h>
 #include <net/net_namespace.h>
 #include <net/netlabel.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
@@ -4731,6 +4732,7 @@
 static unsigned int selinux_ip_output(struct sk_buff *skb,
 				      u16 family)
 {
+	struct sock *sk;
 	u32 sid;
 
 	if (!netlbl_enabled())
@@ -4739,8 +4741,27 @@
 	/* we do this in the LOCAL_OUT path and not the POST_ROUTING path
 	 * because we want to make sure we apply the necessary labeling
 	 * before IPsec is applied so we can leverage AH protection */
-	if (skb->sk) {
-		struct sk_security_struct *sksec = skb->sk->sk_security;
+	sk = skb->sk;
+	if (sk) {
+		struct sk_security_struct *sksec;
+
+		if (sk->sk_state == TCP_LISTEN)
+			/* if the socket is the listening state then this
+			 * packet is a SYN-ACK packet which means it needs to
+			 * be labeled based on the connection/request_sock and
+			 * not the parent socket.  unfortunately, we can't
+			 * lookup the request_sock yet as it isn't queued on
+			 * the parent socket until after the SYN-ACK is sent.
+			 * the "solution" is to simply pass the packet as-is
+			 * as any IP option based labeling should be copied
+			 * from the initial connection request (in the IP
+			 * layer).  it is far from ideal, but until we get a
+			 * security label in the packet itself this is the
+			 * best we can do. */
+			return NF_ACCEPT;
+
+		/* standard practice, label using the parent socket */
+		sksec = sk->sk_security;
 		sid = sksec->sid;
 	} else
 		sid = SECINITSID_KERNEL;