diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_fastopen.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_fastopen.c
index 186fd39..82e375a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_fastopen.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_fastopen.c
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@
 	inet_csk_reset_xmit_timer(child, ICSK_TIME_RETRANS,
 				  TCP_TIMEOUT_INIT, TCP_RTO_MAX);
 
+	atomic_set(&req->rsk_refcnt, 1);
 	/* Add the child socket directly into the accept queue */
 	inet_csk_reqsk_queue_add(sk, req, child);