diff --git a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
index 5740473..7df2ccb 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
@@ -86,26 +86,12 @@
 
 int sysctl_ipv6_bindv6only;
 
-#ifdef INET_REFCNT_DEBUG
-atomic_t inet6_sock_nr;
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(inet6_sock_nr);
-#endif
-
 /* The inetsw table contains everything that inet_create needs to
  * build a new socket.
  */
 static struct list_head inetsw6[SOCK_MAX];
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(inetsw6_lock);
 
-static void inet6_sock_destruct(struct sock *sk)
-{
-	inet_sock_destruct(sk);
-
-#ifdef INET_REFCNT_DEBUG
-	atomic_dec(&inet6_sock_nr);
-#endif
-}
-
 static __inline__ struct ipv6_pinfo *inet6_sk_generic(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	const int offset = sk->sk_prot->obj_size - sizeof(struct ipv6_pinfo);
@@ -186,7 +172,7 @@
 			inet->hdrincl = 1;
 	}
 
-	sk->sk_destruct		= inet6_sock_destruct;
+	sk->sk_destruct		= inet_sock_destruct;
 	sk->sk_family		= PF_INET6;
 	sk->sk_protocol		= protocol;
 
@@ -213,12 +199,17 @@
 		inet->pmtudisc = IP_PMTUDISC_DONT;
 	else
 		inet->pmtudisc = IP_PMTUDISC_WANT;
+	/* 
+	 * Increment only the relevant sk_prot->socks debug field, this changes
+	 * the previous behaviour of incrementing both the equivalent to
+	 * answer->prot->socks (inet6_sock_nr) and inet_sock_nr.
+	 *
+	 * This allows better debug granularity as we'll know exactly how many
+	 * UDPv6, TCPv6, etc socks were allocated, not the sum of all IPv6
+	 * transport protocol socks. -acme
+	 */
+	sk_refcnt_debug_inc(sk);
 
-
-#ifdef INET_REFCNT_DEBUG
-	atomic_inc(&inet6_sock_nr);
-	atomic_inc(&inet_sock_nr);
-#endif
 	if (inet->num) {
 		/* It assumes that any protocol which allows
 		 * the user to assign a number at socket
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c b/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
index 3bc144a..76fe239 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
@@ -163,6 +163,13 @@
 			fl6_free_socklist(sk);
 			ipv6_sock_mc_close(sk);
 
+			/*
+			 * Sock is moving from IPv6 to IPv4 (sk_prot), so
+			 * remove it from the refcnt debug socks count in the
+			 * original family...
+			 */
+			sk_refcnt_debug_dec(sk);
+
 			if (sk->sk_protocol == IPPROTO_TCP) {
 				struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 
@@ -192,9 +199,11 @@
 				kfree_skb(pktopt);
 
 			sk->sk_destruct = inet_sock_destruct;
-#ifdef INET_REFCNT_DEBUG
-			atomic_dec(&inet6_sock_nr);
-#endif
+			/*
+			 * ... and add it to the refcnt debug socks count
+			 * in the new family. -acme
+			 */
+			sk_refcnt_debug_inc(sk);
 			module_put(THIS_MODULE);
 			retv = 0;
 			break;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
index ef29cfd..885e05b 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/tcp_ipv6.c
@@ -1407,12 +1407,11 @@
 		newnp->mcast_oif   = tcp_v6_iif(skb);
 		newnp->mcast_hops  = skb->nh.ipv6h->hop_limit;
 
-		/* Charge newly allocated IPv6 socket. Though it is mapped,
-		 * it is IPv6 yet.
+		/*
+		 * No need to charge this sock to the relevant IPv6 refcnt debug socks count
+		 * here, tcp_create_openreq_child now does this for us, see the comment in
+		 * that function for the gory details. -acme
 		 */
-#ifdef INET_REFCNT_DEBUG
-		atomic_inc(&inet6_sock_nr);
-#endif
 
 		/* It is tricky place. Until this moment IPv4 tcp
 		   worked with IPv6 af_tcp.af_specific.
@@ -1467,10 +1466,11 @@
 	if (newsk == NULL)
 		goto out;
 
-	/* Charge newly allocated IPv6 socket */
-#ifdef INET_REFCNT_DEBUG
-	atomic_inc(&inet6_sock_nr);
-#endif
+	/*
+	 * No need to charge this sock to the relevant IPv6 refcnt debug socks
+	 * count here, tcp_create_openreq_child now does this for us, see the
+	 * comment in that function for the gory details. -acme
+	 */
 
 	ip6_dst_store(newsk, dst, NULL);
 	newsk->sk_route_caps = dst->dev->features &