diff --git a/include/net/inet_timewait_sock.h b/include/net/inet_timewait_sock.h
index c4d64f1f8d415..93a50eed41872 100644
--- a/include/net/inet_timewait_sock.h
+++ b/include/net/inet_timewait_sock.h
@@ -93,8 +93,10 @@ struct inet_timewait_sock *inet_twsk_alloc(const struct sock *sk,
 					   struct inet_timewait_death_row *dr,
 					   const int state);
 
-void inet_twsk_hashdance(struct inet_timewait_sock *tw, struct sock *sk,
-			 struct inet_hashinfo *hashinfo);
+void inet_twsk_hashdance_schedule(struct inet_timewait_sock *tw,
+				  struct sock *sk,
+				  struct inet_hashinfo *hashinfo,
+				  int timeo);
 
 void __inet_twsk_schedule(struct inet_timewait_sock *tw, int timeo,
 			  bool rearm);
diff --git a/net/dccp/minisocks.c b/net/dccp/minisocks.c
index 64d805b27adde..dd0b09553f142 100644
--- a/net/dccp/minisocks.c
+++ b/net/dccp/minisocks.c
@@ -58,11 +58,10 @@ void dccp_time_wait(struct sock *sk, int state, int timeo)
 		 * we complete the initialization.
 		 */
 		local_bh_disable();
-		inet_twsk_schedule(tw, timeo);
-		/* Linkage updates.
-		 * Note that access to tw after this point is illegal.
-		 */
-		inet_twsk_hashdance(tw, sk, &dccp_hashinfo);
+		 /* Linkage updates. */
+		inet_twsk_hashdance_schedule(tw, sk, &dccp_hashinfo, timeo);
+		 /* Access to tw after this point is illegal. */
+		inet_twsk_put(tw);
 		local_bh_enable();
 	} else {
 		/* Sorry, if we're out of memory, just CLOSE this
diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c b/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c
index 7a2dcbaa1a61e..165b9cdf27e1a 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c
@@ -44,14 +44,14 @@ void inet_twsk_bind_unhash(struct inet_timewait_sock *tw,
 	__sock_put((struct sock *)tw);
 }
 
-/* Must be called with locally disabled BHs. */
-static void inet_twsk_kill(struct inet_timewait_sock *tw)
+static void __inet_twsk_kill(struct inet_timewait_sock *tw, spinlock_t *lock)
+__releases(lock)
 {
 	struct inet_hashinfo *hashinfo = tw->tw_dr->hashinfo;
-	spinlock_t *lock = inet_ehash_lockp(hashinfo, tw->tw_hash);
 	struct inet_bind_hashbucket *bhead, *bhead2;
 
-	spin_lock(lock);
+	lockdep_assert_held(lock);
+
 	sk_nulls_del_node_init_rcu((struct sock *)tw);
 	spin_unlock(lock);
 
@@ -71,6 +71,16 @@ static void inet_twsk_kill(struct inet_timewait_sock *tw)
 	inet_twsk_put(tw);
 }
 
+/* Must be called with locally disabled BHs. */
+static void inet_twsk_kill(struct inet_timewait_sock *tw)
+{
+	struct inet_hashinfo *hashinfo = tw->tw_dr->hashinfo;
+	spinlock_t *lock = inet_ehash_lockp(hashinfo, tw->tw_hash);
+
+	spin_lock(lock);
+	__inet_twsk_kill(tw, lock);
+}
+
 void inet_twsk_free(struct inet_timewait_sock *tw)
 {
 	struct module *owner = tw->tw_prot->owner;
@@ -97,8 +107,10 @@ static void inet_twsk_add_node_rcu(struct inet_timewait_sock *tw,
  * Essentially we whip up a timewait bucket, copy the relevant info into it
  * from the SK, and mess with hash chains and list linkage.
  */
-void inet_twsk_hashdance(struct inet_timewait_sock *tw, struct sock *sk,
-			   struct inet_hashinfo *hashinfo)
+void inet_twsk_hashdance_schedule(struct inet_timewait_sock *tw,
+				  struct sock *sk,
+				  struct inet_hashinfo *hashinfo,
+				  int timeo)
 {
 	const struct inet_sock *inet = inet_sk(sk);
 	const struct inet_connection_sock *icsk = inet_csk(sk);
@@ -129,26 +141,33 @@ void inet_twsk_hashdance(struct inet_timewait_sock *tw, struct sock *sk,
 
 	spin_lock(lock);
 
+	/* Step 2: Hash TW into tcp ehash chain */
 	inet_twsk_add_node_rcu(tw, &ehead->chain);
 
 	/* Step 3: Remove SK from hash chain */
 	if (__sk_nulls_del_node_init_rcu(sk))
 		sock_prot_inuse_add(sock_net(sk), sk->sk_prot, -1);
 
-	spin_unlock(lock);
 
-	/* tw_refcnt is set to 3 because we have :
+	/* Ensure above writes are committed into memory before updating the
+	 * refcount.
+	 * Provides ordering vs later refcount_inc().
+	 */
+	smp_wmb();
+	/* tw_refcnt is set to 4 because we have :
 	 * - one reference for bhash chain.
 	 * - one reference for ehash chain.
 	 * - one reference for timer.
-	 * We can use atomic_set() because prior spin_lock()/spin_unlock()
-	 * committed into memory all tw fields.
-	 * Also note that after this point, we lost our implicit reference
-	 * so we are not allowed to use tw anymore.
+	 * - one reference for ourself (our caller will release it).
 	 */
-	refcount_set(&tw->tw_refcnt, 3);
+	refcount_set(&tw->tw_refcnt, 4);
+
+	inet_twsk_schedule(tw, timeo);
+
+	spin_unlock(lock);
+
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(inet_twsk_hashdance);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(inet_twsk_hashdance_schedule);
 
 static void tw_expiry_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
 {
@@ -219,8 +238,16 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(inet_twsk_alloc);
  */
 void inet_twsk_deschedule_put(struct inet_timewait_sock *tw)
 {
-	if (cancel_delayed_work_sync(&tw->tw_expiry_work))
-		inet_twsk_kill(tw);
+	struct inet_hashinfo *hashinfo = tw->tw_dr->hashinfo;
+	spinlock_t *lock = inet_ehash_lockp(hashinfo, tw->tw_hash);
+
+	spin_lock(lock);
+	if (cancel_delayed_work_sync(&tw->tw_expiry_work)) {
+		/* releases @lock */
+		__inet_twsk_kill(tw, lock);
+	} else {
+		spin_unlock(lock);
+	}
 	inet_twsk_put(tw);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(inet_twsk_deschedule_put);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
index f0761f060a837..77e2515409e40 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
@@ -343,11 +343,10 @@ void tcp_time_wait(struct sock *sk, int state, int timeo)
 		 * we complete the initialization.
 		 */
 		local_bh_disable();
-		inet_twsk_schedule(tw, timeo);
-		/* Linkage updates.
-		 * Note that access to tw after this point is illegal.
-		 */
-		inet_twsk_hashdance(tw, sk, net->ipv4.tcp_death_row.hashinfo);
+		/* Linkage updates. */
+		inet_twsk_hashdance_schedule(tw, sk, net->ipv4.tcp_death_row.hashinfo, timeo);
+		 /* Access to tw after this point is illegal. */
+		inet_twsk_put(tw);
 		local_bh_enable();
 	} else {
 		/* Sorry, if we're out of memory, just CLOSE this
