diff --git a/include/linux/netdevice.h b/include/linux/netdevice.h
index 11a52f2fa35d..ddc66ab8a1de 100644
--- a/include/linux/netdevice.h
+++ b/include/linux/netdevice.h
@@ -3684,6 +3684,10 @@ int netdev_rx_handler_register(struct net_device *dev,
 void netdev_rx_handler_unregister(struct net_device *dev);
 
 bool dev_valid_name(const char *name);
+static inline bool is_socket_ioctl_cmd(unsigned int cmd)
+{
+	return _IOC_TYPE(cmd) == SOCK_IOC_TYPE;
+}
 int dev_ioctl(struct net *net, unsigned int cmd, struct ifreq *ifr,
 		bool *need_copyout);
 int dev_ifconf(struct net *net, struct ifconf *, int);
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index b14917dd811a..94358566c9d1 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -1053,7 +1053,7 @@ static long sock_do_ioctl(struct net *net, struct socket *sock,
 		rtnl_unlock();
 		if (!err && copy_to_user(argp, &ifc, sizeof(struct ifconf)))
 			err = -EFAULT;
-	} else {
+	} else if (is_socket_ioctl_cmd(cmd)) {
 		struct ifreq ifr;
 		bool need_copyout;
 		if (copy_from_user(&ifr, argp, sizeof(struct ifreq)))
@@ -1062,6 +1062,8 @@ static long sock_do_ioctl(struct net *net, struct socket *sock,
 		if (!err && need_copyout)
 			if (copy_to_user(argp, &ifr, sizeof(struct ifreq)))
 				return -EFAULT;
+	} else {
+		err = -ENOTTY;
 	}
 	return err;
 }
@@ -3228,6 +3230,8 @@ static int compat_ifr_data_ioctl(struct net *net, unsigned int cmd,
 	struct ifreq ifreq;
 	u32 data32;
 
+	if (!is_socket_ioctl_cmd(cmd))
+		return -ENOTTY;
 	if (copy_from_user(ifreq.ifr_name, u_ifreq32->ifr_name, IFNAMSIZ))
 		return -EFAULT;
 	if (get_user(data32, &u_ifreq32->ifr_data))