diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
index 70335667ef03..f9b0f666600f 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
@@ -1416,8 +1416,6 @@ static void l2tp_tunnel_del_work(struct work_struct *work)
 {
 	struct l2tp_tunnel *tunnel = container_of(work, struct l2tp_tunnel,
 						  del_work);
-	struct sock *sk = tunnel->sock;
-	struct socket *sock = sk->sk_socket;
 
 	l2tp_tunnel_closeall(tunnel);
 
@@ -1425,6 +1423,8 @@ static void l2tp_tunnel_del_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	 * the sk API to release it here.
 	 */
 	if (tunnel->fd < 0) {
+		struct socket *sock = tunnel->sock->sk_socket;
+
 		if (sock) {
 			kernel_sock_shutdown(sock, SHUT_RDWR);
 			sock_release(sock);