diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index a1042d08becd538c4bb330d32ee64cd550ca2f39..e9b1dbab90d007fec58e666d98205c1b8ca6a114 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -384,6 +384,11 @@ enum sock_flags {
 	SOCK_QUEUE_SHRUNK, /* write queue has been shrunk recently */
 };
 
+static inline void sock_copy_flags(struct sock *nsk, struct sock *osk)
+{
+	nsk->sk_flags = osk->sk_flags;
+}
+
 static inline void sock_set_flag(struct sock *sk, enum sock_flags flag)
 {
 	__set_bit(flag, &sk->sk_flags);
diff --git a/net/ax25/af_ax25.c b/net/ax25/af_ax25.c
index 707097deac3deb4957741204c7944e01521f3c0f..7d8ecadba668bbcdb2b9aca64b5bfdf71b61d911 100644
--- a/net/ax25/af_ax25.c
+++ b/net/ax25/af_ax25.c
@@ -875,12 +875,7 @@ struct sock *ax25_make_new(struct sock *osk, struct ax25_dev *ax25_dev)
 	sk->sk_sndbuf   = osk->sk_sndbuf;
 	sk->sk_state    = TCP_ESTABLISHED;
 	sk->sk_sleep    = osk->sk_sleep;
-
-	if (sock_flag(osk, SOCK_DBG))
-		sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_DBG);
-
-	if (sock_flag(osk, SOCK_ZAPPED))
-		sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_ZAPPED);
+	sock_copy_flags(sk, osk);
 
 	oax25 = ax25_sk(osk);
 
diff --git a/net/netrom/af_netrom.c b/net/netrom/af_netrom.c
index 31ed4a9a1d066c0cdef1c3e5b6371fa3678037d4..5385835e92678ef34e8ff8fb4f237a710975a890 100644
--- a/net/netrom/af_netrom.c
+++ b/net/netrom/af_netrom.c
@@ -459,12 +459,7 @@ static struct sock *nr_make_new(struct sock *osk)
 	sk->sk_sndbuf   = osk->sk_sndbuf;
 	sk->sk_state    = TCP_ESTABLISHED;
 	sk->sk_sleep    = osk->sk_sleep;
-
-	if (sock_flag(osk, SOCK_ZAPPED))
-		sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_ZAPPED);
-
-	if (sock_flag(osk, SOCK_DBG))
-		sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_DBG);
+	sock_copy_flags(sk, osk);
 
 	skb_queue_head_init(&nr->ack_queue);
 	skb_queue_head_init(&nr->reseq_queue);
diff --git a/net/rose/af_rose.c b/net/rose/af_rose.c
index 7eb6a5bf93ea1961bc0c35e70843a646c106596f..3fe7e562125a0fc64951ee67525ecd5d229b597e 100644
--- a/net/rose/af_rose.c
+++ b/net/rose/af_rose.c
@@ -556,12 +556,7 @@ static struct sock *rose_make_new(struct sock *osk)
 	sk->sk_sndbuf   = osk->sk_sndbuf;
 	sk->sk_state    = TCP_ESTABLISHED;
 	sk->sk_sleep    = osk->sk_sleep;
-
-	if (sock_flag(osk, SOCK_ZAPPED))
-		sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_ZAPPED);
-
-	if (sock_flag(osk, SOCK_DBG))
-		sock_set_flag(sk, SOCK_DBG);
+	sock_copy_flags(sk, osk);
 
 	init_timer(&rose->timer);
 	init_timer(&rose->idletimer);