diff --git a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
index a88b5b5b7955..0a7c74049a0c 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ lookup_protocol:
 	np->mcast_hops	= IPV6_DEFAULT_MCASTHOPS;
 	np->mc_loop	= 1;
 	np->pmtudisc	= IPV6_PMTUDISC_WANT;
-	np->autoflowlabel = ip6_default_np_autolabel(sock_net(sk));
+	np->autoflowlabel = ip6_default_np_autolabel(net);
 	sk->sk_ipv6only	= net->ipv6.sysctl.bindv6only;
 
 	/* Init the ipv4 part of the socket since we can have sockets