diff --git a/include/net/inet_timewait_sock.h b/include/net/inet_timewait_sock.h
index e8c25b981205..ba52c830a7a5 100644
--- a/include/net/inet_timewait_sock.h
+++ b/include/net/inet_timewait_sock.h
@@ -218,20 +218,12 @@ extern void inet_twsk_purge(struct inet_hashinfo *hashinfo,
 static inline
 struct net *twsk_net(const struct inet_timewait_sock *twsk)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS
-	return rcu_dereference_raw(twsk->tw_net); /* protected by locking, */
-						  /* reference counting, */
-						  /* initialization, or RCU. */
-#else
-	return &init_net;
-#endif
+	return read_pnet(&twsk->tw_net);
 }
 
 static inline
 void twsk_net_set(struct inet_timewait_sock *twsk, struct net *net)
 {
-#ifdef CONFIG_NET_NS
-	rcu_assign_pointer(twsk->tw_net, net);
-#endif
+	write_pnet(&twsk->tw_net, net);
 }
 #endif	/* _INET_TIMEWAIT_SOCK_ */