r->idiag_rqueue = sk->sk_ack_backlog;
                r->idiag_wqueue = sk->sk_max_ack_backlog;
        } else {
-               r->idiag_rqueue = tp->rcv_nxt - tp->copied_seq;
+               r->idiag_rqueue = max_t(int, tp->rcv_nxt - tp->copied_seq, 0);
                r->idiag_wqueue = tp->write_seq - tp->snd_una;
        }
        if (info != NULL)
 
        __be32 src = inet->inet_rcv_saddr;
        __u16 destp = ntohs(inet->inet_dport);
        __u16 srcp = ntohs(inet->inet_sport);
+       int rx_queue;
 
        if (icsk->icsk_pending == ICSK_TIME_RETRANS) {
                timer_active    = 1;
                timer_expires = jiffies;
        }
 
+       if (sk->sk_state == TCP_LISTEN)
+               rx_queue = sk->sk_ack_backlog;
+       else
+               /*
+                * because we dont lock socket, we might find a transient negative value
+                */
+               rx_queue = max_t(int, tp->rcv_nxt - tp->copied_seq, 0);
+
        seq_printf(f, "%4d: %08X:%04X %08X:%04X %02X %08X:%08X %02X:%08lX "
                        "%08X %5d %8d %lu %d %p %lu %lu %u %u %d%n",
                i, src, srcp, dest, destp, sk->sk_state,
                tp->write_seq - tp->snd_una,
-               sk->sk_state == TCP_LISTEN ? sk->sk_ack_backlog :
-                                            (tp->rcv_nxt - tp->copied_seq),
+               rx_queue,
                timer_active,
                jiffies_to_clock_t(timer_expires - jiffies),
                icsk->icsk_retransmits,