diff --git a/net/core/filter.c b/net/core/filter.c
index f04982d79d72..90bfe5a6c1db 100644
--- a/net/core/filter.c
+++ b/net/core/filter.c
@@ -12021,7 +12021,7 @@ BPF_CALL_1(bpf_skc_to_unix_sock, struct sock *, sk)
 	 * trigger an explicit type generation here.
 	 */
 	BTF_TYPE_EMIT(struct unix_sock);
-	if (sk && sk_fullsock(sk) && sk->sk_family == AF_UNIX)
+	if (sk && sk_is_unix(sk))
 		return (unsigned long)sk;
 
 	return (unsigned long)NULL;