diff --git a/net/atm/pppoatm.c b/net/atm/pppoatm.c
index 0dcb5dc..e3b2d69 100644
--- a/net/atm/pppoatm.c
+++ b/net/atm/pppoatm.c
@@ -270,6 +270,7 @@ static int pppoatm_send(struct ppp_channel *chan, struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct pppoatm_vcc *pvcc = chan_to_pvcc(chan);
 	struct atm_vcc *vcc;
+	int ret;
 
 	ATM_SKB(skb)->vcc = pvcc->atmvcc;
 	pr_debug("(skb=0x%p, vcc=0x%p)\n", skb, pvcc->atmvcc);
@@ -304,17 +305,24 @@ static int pppoatm_send(struct ppp_channel *chan, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	}
 
 	vcc = ATM_SKB(skb)->vcc;
+	bh_lock_sock(sk_atm(vcc));
+	if (sock_owned_by_user(sk_atm(vcc)))
+		goto nospace_unlock_sock;
 	if (test_bit(ATM_VF_RELEASED, &vcc->flags)
 			|| test_bit(ATM_VF_CLOSE, &vcc->flags)
 			|| !test_bit(ATM_VF_READY, &vcc->flags))
-		goto nospace;
+		goto nospace_unlock_sock;
 
 	atomic_add(skb->truesize, &sk_atm(ATM_SKB(skb)->vcc)->sk_wmem_alloc);
 	ATM_SKB(skb)->atm_options = ATM_SKB(skb)->vcc->atm_options;
 	pr_debug("atm_skb(%p)->vcc(%p)->dev(%p)\n",
 		 skb, ATM_SKB(skb)->vcc, ATM_SKB(skb)->vcc->dev);
-	return ATM_SKB(skb)->vcc->send(ATM_SKB(skb)->vcc, skb)
+	ret = ATM_SKB(skb)->vcc->send(ATM_SKB(skb)->vcc, skb)
 	    ? DROP_PACKET : 1;
+	bh_unlock_sock(sk_atm(vcc));
+	return ret;
+nospace_unlock_sock:
+	bh_unlock_sock(sk_atm(vcc));
 nospace:
 	/*
 	 * We don't have space to send this SKB now, but we might have