diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c b/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c
index 25334aa3da04e..33292983b8cfb 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_hashtables.c
@@ -536,8 +536,20 @@ bool inet_ehash_insert(struct sock *sk, struct sock *osk, bool *found_dup_sk)
 	spin_lock(lock);
 	if (osk) {
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(sk->sk_hash != osk->sk_hash);
-		ret = sk_nulls_del_node_init_rcu(osk);
-	} else if (found_dup_sk) {
+		ret = sk_hashed(osk);
+		if (ret) {
+			/* Before deleting the node, we insert a new one to make
+			 * sure that the look-up-sk process would not miss either
+			 * of them and that at least one node would exist in ehash
+			 * table all the time. Otherwise there's a tiny chance
+			 * that lookup process could find nothing in ehash table.
+			 */
+			__sk_nulls_add_node_tail_rcu(sk, list);
+			sk_nulls_del_node_init_rcu(osk);
+		}
+		goto unlock;
+	}
+	if (found_dup_sk) {
 		*found_dup_sk = inet_ehash_lookup_by_sk(sk, list);
 		if (*found_dup_sk)
 			ret = false;
@@ -546,6 +558,7 @@ bool inet_ehash_insert(struct sock *sk, struct sock *osk, bool *found_dup_sk)
 	if (ret)
 		__sk_nulls_add_node_rcu(sk, list);
 
+unlock:
 	spin_unlock(lock);
 
 	return ret;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c b/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c
index c411c87ae865f..a00102d7c7fd4 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c
@@ -81,10 +81,10 @@ void inet_twsk_put(struct inet_timewait_sock *tw)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(inet_twsk_put);
 
-static void inet_twsk_add_node_rcu(struct inet_timewait_sock *tw,
-				   struct hlist_nulls_head *list)
+static void inet_twsk_add_node_tail_rcu(struct inet_timewait_sock *tw,
+					struct hlist_nulls_head *list)
 {
-	hlist_nulls_add_head_rcu(&tw->tw_node, list);
+	hlist_nulls_add_tail_rcu(&tw->tw_node, list);
 }
 
 static void inet_twsk_add_bind_node(struct inet_timewait_sock *tw,
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ void inet_twsk_hashdance(struct inet_timewait_sock *tw, struct sock *sk,
 
 	spin_lock(lock);
 
-	inet_twsk_add_node_rcu(tw, &ehead->chain);
+	inet_twsk_add_node_tail_rcu(tw, &ehead->chain);
 
 	/* Step 3: Remove SK from hash chain */
 	if (__sk_nulls_del_node_init_rcu(sk))