write_lock_bh(&sock->sk_callback_lock);
                psock = smap_psock_sk(sock);
-               smap_list_remove(psock, &stab->sock_map[i]);
-               smap_release_sock(psock, sock);
+               /* This check handles a racing sock event that can get the
+                * sk_callback_lock before this case but after xchg happens
+                * causing the refcnt to hit zero and sock user data (psock)
+                * to be null and queued for garbage collection.
+                */
+               if (likely(psock)) {
+                       smap_list_remove(psock, &stab->sock_map[i]);
+                       smap_release_sock(psock, sock);
+               }
                write_unlock_bh(&sock->sk_callback_lock);
        }
        rcu_read_unlock();