diff --git a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
index 3c6aafb02183..e84b3fd17fb4 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/af_inet6.c
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ lookup_protocol:
 	np->mcast_hops	= -1;
 	np->mc_loop	= 1;
 	np->pmtudisc	= IPV6_PMTUDISC_WANT;
-	np->ipv6only	= init_net.ipv6.sysctl.bindv6only;
+	np->ipv6only	= net->ipv6.sysctl.bindv6only;
 
 	/* Init the ipv4 part of the socket since we can have sockets
 	 * using v6 API for ipv4.