diff --git a/net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c b/net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c
index b2b9df43960e..82e59f9c6dd9 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c
@@ -838,7 +838,7 @@ static struct lock_class_key mptcp_keys[2];
 static int mptcp_pm_nl_create_listen_socket(struct sock *sk,
 					    struct mptcp_pm_addr_entry *entry)
 {
-	bool is_ipv6 = sk->sk_family == AF_INET6;
+	bool is_ipv6 = entry->addr.family == AF_INET6;
 	int addrlen = sizeof(struct sockaddr_in);
 	struct sockaddr_storage addr;
 	struct sock *newsk, *ssk;