diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index ad468fe71413a..415f3840a26aa 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -1421,6 +1421,12 @@ static inline bool sk_has_memory_pressure(const struct sock *sk)
 	return sk->sk_prot->memory_pressure != NULL;
 }
 
+static inline bool sk_under_global_memory_pressure(const struct sock *sk)
+{
+	return sk->sk_prot->memory_pressure &&
+		!!*sk->sk_prot->memory_pressure;
+}
+
 static inline bool sk_under_memory_pressure(const struct sock *sk)
 {
 	if (!sk->sk_prot->memory_pressure)
diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 1f31a97100d4f..8451a95266bf0 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -3107,7 +3107,7 @@ void __sk_mem_reduce_allocated(struct sock *sk, int amount)
 	if (mem_cgroup_sockets_enabled && sk->sk_memcg)
 		mem_cgroup_uncharge_skmem(sk->sk_memcg, amount);
 
-	if (sk_under_memory_pressure(sk) &&
+	if (sk_under_global_memory_pressure(sk) &&
 	    (sk_memory_allocated(sk) < sk_prot_mem_limits(sk, 0)))
 		sk_leave_memory_pressure(sk);
 }