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
@@ -954,6 +954,7 @@
 	 * This entire block sorely needs a rewrite.
 	 */
 				if (t != NULL &&
+				    t->inp_socket != NULL &&
 				    (so->so_type != SOCK_STREAM ||
 				     ntohl(t->inp_faddr.s_addr) == INADDR_ANY) &&
 				    (ntohl(sin->sin_addr.s_addr) != INADDR_ANY ||
@@ -966,7 +967,8 @@
 			}
 			t = in_pcblookup_local(pcbinfo, sin->sin_addr,
 			    lport, lookupflags, cred);
-			if (t != NULL && (reuseport & t->inp_socket->so_options) == 0 &&
+			if (t != NULL && t->inp_socket != NULL &&
+			    (reuseport & t->inp_socket->so_options) == 0 &&
 			    (reuseport_lb & t->inp_socket->so_options) == 0) {
 #ifdef INET6
 				if (ntohl(sin->sin_addr.s_addr) !=
diff --git a/sys/netinet6/in6_pcb.c b/sys/netinet6/in6_pcb.c
--- a/sys/netinet6/in6_pcb.c
+++ b/sys/netinet6/in6_pcb.c
@@ -250,6 +250,7 @@
 				    &sin6->sin6_addr, lport,
 				    INPLOOKUP_WILDCARD, cred);
 				if (t != NULL &&
+				    t->inp_socket != NULL &&
 				    (so->so_type != SOCK_STREAM ||
 				     IN6_IS_ADDR_UNSPECIFIED(&t->in6p_faddr)) &&
 				    (!IN6_IS_ADDR_UNSPECIFIED(&sin6->sin6_addr) ||
@@ -281,7 +282,8 @@
 			}
 			t = in6_pcblookup_local(pcbinfo, &sin6->sin6_addr,
 			    lport, lookupflags, cred);
-			if (t && (reuseport & t->inp_socket->so_options) == 0 &&
+			if (t != NULL && t->inp_socket != NULL &&
+			    (reuseport & t->inp_socket->so_options) == 0 &&
 			    (reuseport_lb & t->inp_socket->so_options) == 0) {
 				return (EADDRINUSE);
 			}
@@ -293,7 +295,7 @@
 				in6_sin6_2_sin(&sin, sin6);
 				t = in_pcblookup_local(pcbinfo, sin.sin_addr,
 				   lport, lookupflags, cred);
-				if (t &&
+				if (t != NULL && t->inp_socket != NULL &&
 				    (reuseport & t->inp_socket->so_options) == 0 &&
 				    (reuseport_lb & t->inp_socket->so_options) == 0 &&
 				    (ntohl(t->inp_laddr.s_addr) != INADDR_ANY ||