diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
index e9c0ce0b7972df..b6554e32bb12ae 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
@@ -1041,7 +1041,7 @@ static int l2tp_xmit_core(struct l2tp_session *session, struct sk_buff *skb, uns
 	IPCB(skb)->flags &= ~(IPSKB_XFRM_TUNNEL_SIZE | IPSKB_XFRM_TRANSFORMED | IPSKB_REROUTED);
 	nf_reset_ct(skb);
 
-	bh_lock_sock(sk);
+	bh_lock_sock_nested(sk);
 	if (sock_owned_by_user(sk)) {
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 		ret = NET_XMIT_DROP;
@@ -1385,8 +1385,6 @@ static int l2tp_tunnel_sock_create(struct net *net,
 	return err;
 }
 
-static struct lock_class_key l2tp_socket_class;
-
 int l2tp_tunnel_create(int fd, int version, u32 tunnel_id, u32 peer_tunnel_id,
 		       struct l2tp_tunnel_cfg *cfg, struct l2tp_tunnel **tunnelp)
 {
@@ -1482,21 +1480,16 @@ int l2tp_tunnel_register(struct l2tp_tunnel *tunnel, struct net *net,
 	}
 
 	sk = sock->sk;
+	lock_sock(sk);
 	write_lock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
 	ret = l2tp_validate_socket(sk, net, tunnel->encap);
-	if (ret < 0)
+	if (ret < 0) {
+		release_sock(sk);
 		goto err_inval_sock;
+	}
 	rcu_assign_sk_user_data(sk, tunnel);
 	write_unlock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
 
-	sock_hold(sk);
-	tunnel->sock = sk;
-	tunnel->l2tp_net = net;
-
-	spin_lock_bh(&pn->l2tp_tunnel_idr_lock);
-	idr_replace(&pn->l2tp_tunnel_idr, tunnel, tunnel->tunnel_id);
-	spin_unlock_bh(&pn->l2tp_tunnel_idr_lock);
-
 	if (tunnel->encap == L2TP_ENCAPTYPE_UDP) {
 		struct udp_tunnel_sock_cfg udp_cfg = {
 			.sk_user_data = tunnel,
@@ -1510,9 +1503,16 @@ int l2tp_tunnel_register(struct l2tp_tunnel *tunnel, struct net *net,
 
 	tunnel->old_sk_destruct = sk->sk_destruct;
 	sk->sk_destruct = &l2tp_tunnel_destruct;
-	lockdep_set_class_and_name(&sk->sk_lock.slock, &l2tp_socket_class,
-				   "l2tp_sock");
 	sk->sk_allocation = GFP_ATOMIC;
+	release_sock(sk);
+
+	sock_hold(sk);
+	tunnel->sock = sk;
+	tunnel->l2tp_net = net;
+
+	spin_lock_bh(&pn->l2tp_tunnel_idr_lock);
+	idr_replace(&pn->l2tp_tunnel_idr, tunnel, tunnel->tunnel_id);
+	spin_unlock_bh(&pn->l2tp_tunnel_idr_lock);
 
 	trace_register_tunnel(tunnel);