diff --git a/net/ipv4/icmp.c b/net/ipv4/icmp.c
index 7c62a0da526..97d97ada4ce 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/icmp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/icmp.c
@@ -1146,14 +1146,8 @@ static void __exit icmp_exit(void)
 {
 	int i;
 
-	for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
-		struct sock *sk;
-
-		sk = __icmp_sk[i];
-		if (sk == NULL)
-			continue;
-		sock_release(sk->sk_socket);
-	}
+	for_each_possible_cpu(i)
+		sk_release_kernel(__icmp_sk[i]);
 	kfree(__icmp_sk);
 	__icmp_sk = NULL;
 }
@@ -1176,6 +1170,8 @@ int __init icmp_init(void)
 			goto fail;
 
 		__icmp_sk[i] = sk = sock->sk;
+		sk_change_net(sk, &init_net);
+
 		sk->sk_allocation = GFP_ATOMIC;
 
 		/* Enough space for 2 64K ICMP packets, including
diff --git a/net/ipv6/icmp.c b/net/ipv6/icmp.c
index 3368f32fe22..3eb594d5417 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/icmp.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/icmp.c
@@ -802,6 +802,8 @@ int __init icmpv6_init(void)
 		}
 
 		__icmpv6_sk[i] = sk = sock->sk;
+		sk_change_net(sk, &init_net);
+
 		sk->sk_allocation = GFP_ATOMIC;
 		/*
 		 * Split off their lock-class, because sk->sk_dst_lock
@@ -831,11 +833,8 @@ int __init icmpv6_init(void)
 	return 0;
 
  fail:
-	for (j = 0; j < i; j++) {
-		if (!cpu_possible(j))
-			continue;
-		sock_release(__icmpv6_sk[j]->sk_socket);
-	}
+	for (j = 0; j < i; j++)
+		sk_release_kernel(__icmpv6_sk[j]);
 
 	return err;
 }
@@ -845,7 +844,7 @@ void icmpv6_cleanup(void)
 	int i;
 
 	for_each_possible_cpu(i) {
-		sock_release(__icmpv6_sk[i]->sk_socket);
+		sk_release_kernel(__icmpv6_sk[i]);
 	}
 	inet6_del_protocol(&icmpv6_protocol, IPPROTO_ICMPV6);
 }