diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c b/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c
index a741378..ce16e9a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c
@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@
 		printk(KERN_DEBUG "%s timewait_sock %p released\n",
 		       tw->tw_prot->name, tw);
 #endif
+		release_net(twsk_net(tw));
 		kmem_cache_free(tw->tw_prot->twsk_prot->twsk_slab, tw);
 		module_put(owner);
 	}
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@
 		tw->tw_hash	    = sk->sk_hash;
 		tw->tw_ipv6only	    = 0;
 		tw->tw_prot	    = sk->sk_prot_creator;
-		twsk_net_set(tw, sock_net(sk));
+		twsk_net_set(tw, hold_net(sock_net(sk)));
 		atomic_set(&tw->tw_refcnt, 1);
 		inet_twsk_dead_node_init(tw);
 		__module_get(tw->tw_prot->owner);