diff --git a/net/smc/af_smc.c b/net/smc/af_smc.c
index dc09a72f8110..51986f7ead81 100644
--- a/net/smc/af_smc.c
+++ b/net/smc/af_smc.c
@@ -1709,6 +1709,9 @@ static int smc_setsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
 	struct smc_sock *smc;
 	int val, rc;
 
+	if (level == SOL_TCP && optname == TCP_ULP)
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 	smc = smc_sk(sk);
 
 	/* generic setsockopts reaching us here always apply to the
@@ -1730,7 +1733,6 @@ static int smc_setsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
 	if (rc || smc->use_fallback)
 		goto out;
 	switch (optname) {
-	case TCP_ULP:
 	case TCP_FASTOPEN:
 	case TCP_FASTOPEN_CONNECT:
 	case TCP_FASTOPEN_KEY: