diff --git a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
index b1462e8c64c..fe03048c130 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/af_inet.c
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ static inline int inet_netns_ok(struct net *net, int protocol)
 	int hash;
 	struct net_protocol *ipprot;
 
-	if (net == &init_net)
+	if (net_eq(net, &init_net))
 		return 1;
 
 	hash = protocol & (MAX_INET_PROTOS - 1);
@@ -272,10 +272,9 @@ static int inet_create(struct net *net, struct socket *sock, int protocol)
 	int try_loading_module = 0;
 	int err;
 
-	if (sock->type != SOCK_RAW &&
-	    sock->type != SOCK_DGRAM &&
-	    !inet_ehash_secret)
-		build_ehash_secret();
+	if (unlikely(!inet_ehash_secret))
+		if (sock->type != SOCK_RAW && sock->type != SOCK_DGRAM)
+			build_ehash_secret();
 
 	sock->state = SS_UNCONNECTED;