diff --git a/sys/netinet/in_pcb.c b/sys/netinet/in_pcb.c
--- a/sys/netinet/in_pcb.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/in_pcb.c
@@ -639,13 +639,6 @@
 	 * to be cleaned up.
 	 */
 	inp->inp_route.ro_flags = RT_LLE_CACHE;
-#ifdef TCPHPTS
-	/*
-	 * If using hpts lets drop a random number in so
-	 * not all new connections fall on the same CPU.
-	 */
-	inp->inp_hpts_cpu = hpts_random_cpu(inp);
-#endif
 	refcount_init(&inp->inp_refcount, 1);   /* Reference from socket. */
 	INP_WLOCK(inp);
 	INP_INFO_WLOCK(pcbinfo);
diff --git a/sys/netinet/tcp_subr.c b/sys/netinet/tcp_subr.c
--- a/sys/netinet/tcp_subr.c
+++ b/sys/netinet/tcp_subr.c
@@ -2315,6 +2315,13 @@
 	 */
 	inp->inp_ip_ttl = V_ip_defttl;
 	inp->inp_ppcb = tp;
+#ifdef TCPHPTS
+	/*
+	 * If using hpts lets drop a random number in so
+	 * not all new connections fall on the same CPU.
+	 */
+	inp->inp_hpts_cpu = hpts_random_cpu(inp);
+#endif
 #ifdef TCPPCAP
 	/*
 	 * Init the TCP PCAP queues.