diff --git a/include/net/netns/core.h b/include/net/netns/core.h
index 45cfb5dc76c7..a5e8a66c57b4 100644
--- a/include/net/netns/core.h
+++ b/include/net/netns/core.h
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ struct netns_core {
 
 	int	sysctl_somaxconn;
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
+	int __percpu *sock_inuse;
+#endif
 	struct prot_inuse __percpu *prot_inuse;
 };
 
diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index 9a9047268d37..0a32f3ce381c 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -1262,6 +1262,7 @@ proto_memory_pressure(struct proto *prot)
 /* Called with local bh disabled */
 void sock_prot_inuse_add(struct net *net, struct proto *prot, int inc);
 int sock_prot_inuse_get(struct net *net, struct proto *proto);
+int sock_inuse_get(struct net *net);
 #else
 static inline void sock_prot_inuse_add(struct net *net, struct proto *prot,
 		int inc)
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index c2dd2d339db7..72d14b221784 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -145,6 +145,8 @@
 static DEFINE_MUTEX(proto_list_mutex);
 static LIST_HEAD(proto_list);
 
+static void sock_inuse_add(struct net *net, int val);
+
 /**
  * sk_ns_capable - General socket capability test
  * @sk: Socket to use a capability on or through
@@ -1531,8 +1533,11 @@ struct sock *sk_alloc(struct net *net, int family, gfp_t priority,
 		sk->sk_kern_sock = kern;
 		sock_lock_init(sk);
 		sk->sk_net_refcnt = kern ? 0 : 1;
-		if (likely(sk->sk_net_refcnt))
+		if (likely(sk->sk_net_refcnt)) {
 			get_net(net);
+			sock_inuse_add(net, 1);
+		}
+
 		sock_net_set(sk, net);
 		refcount_set(&sk->sk_wmem_alloc, 1);
 
@@ -1595,6 +1600,9 @@ void sk_destruct(struct sock *sk)
 
 static void __sk_free(struct sock *sk)
 {
+	if (likely(sk->sk_net_refcnt))
+		sock_inuse_add(sock_net(sk), -1);
+
 	if (unlikely(sock_diag_has_destroy_listeners(sk) && sk->sk_net_refcnt))
 		sock_diag_broadcast_destroy(sk);
 	else
@@ -1716,6 +1724,8 @@ struct sock *sk_clone_lock(const struct sock *sk, const gfp_t priority)
 		newsk->sk_priority = 0;
 		newsk->sk_incoming_cpu = raw_smp_processor_id();
 		atomic64_set(&newsk->sk_cookie, 0);
+		if (likely(newsk->sk_net_refcnt))
+			sock_inuse_add(sock_net(newsk), 1);
 
 		/*
 		 * Before updating sk_refcnt, we must commit prior changes to memory
@@ -3061,15 +3071,44 @@ int sock_prot_inuse_get(struct net *net, struct proto *prot)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sock_prot_inuse_get);
 
+static void sock_inuse_add(struct net *net, int val)
+{
+	this_cpu_add(*net->core.sock_inuse, val);
+}
+
+int sock_inuse_get(struct net *net)
+{
+	int cpu, res = 0;
+
+	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
+		res += *per_cpu_ptr(net->core.sock_inuse, cpu);
+
+	return res;
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sock_inuse_get);
+
 static int __net_init sock_inuse_init_net(struct net *net)
 {
 	net->core.prot_inuse = alloc_percpu(struct prot_inuse);
-	return net->core.prot_inuse ? 0 : -ENOMEM;
+	if (net->core.prot_inuse == NULL)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	net->core.sock_inuse = alloc_percpu(int);
+	if (net->core.sock_inuse == NULL)
+		goto out;
+
+	return 0;
+
+out:
+	free_percpu(net->core.prot_inuse);
+	return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
 static void __net_exit sock_inuse_exit_net(struct net *net)
 {
 	free_percpu(net->core.prot_inuse);
+	free_percpu(net->core.sock_inuse);
 }
 
 static struct pernet_operations net_inuse_ops = {
@@ -3112,6 +3151,10 @@ static inline void assign_proto_idx(struct proto *prot)
 static inline void release_proto_idx(struct proto *prot)
 {
 }
+
+static void sock_inuse_add(struct net *net, int val)
+{
+}
 #endif
 
 static void req_prot_cleanup(struct request_sock_ops *rsk_prot)
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 05f361faec45..bbd2e9ceb692 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -162,12 +162,6 @@ static const struct file_operations socket_file_ops = {
 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(net_family_lock);
 static const struct net_proto_family __rcu *net_families[NPROTO] __read_mostly;
 
-/*
- *	Statistics counters of the socket lists
- */
-
-static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, sockets_in_use);
-
 /*
  * Support routines.
  * Move socket addresses back and forth across the kernel/user
@@ -578,7 +572,6 @@ struct socket *sock_alloc(void)
 	inode->i_gid = current_fsgid();
 	inode->i_op = &sockfs_inode_ops;
 
-	this_cpu_add(sockets_in_use, 1);
 	return sock;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sock_alloc);
@@ -605,7 +598,6 @@ void sock_release(struct socket *sock)
 	if (rcu_dereference_protected(sock->wq, 1)->fasync_list)
 		pr_err("%s: fasync list not empty!\n", __func__);
 
-	this_cpu_sub(sockets_in_use, 1);
 	if (!sock->file) {
 		iput(SOCK_INODE(sock));
 		return;
@@ -2622,17 +2614,8 @@ core_initcall(sock_init);	/* early initcall */
 #ifdef CONFIG_PROC_FS
 void socket_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq)
 {
-	int cpu;
-	int counter = 0;
-
-	for_each_possible_cpu(cpu)
-	    counter += per_cpu(sockets_in_use, cpu);
-
-	/* It can be negative, by the way. 8) */
-	if (counter < 0)
-		counter = 0;
-
-	seq_printf(seq, "sockets: used %d\n", counter);
+	seq_printf(seq, "sockets: used %d\n",
+		   sock_inuse_get(seq->private));
 }
 #endif				/* CONFIG_PROC_FS */