diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 56623adfa4ae..3da11ba3b0a6 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -594,7 +594,8 @@ set_rcvbuf:
 
 	case SO_KEEPALIVE:
 #ifdef CONFIG_INET
-		if (sk->sk_protocol == IPPROTO_TCP)
+		if (sk->sk_protocol == IPPROTO_TCP &&
+		    sk->sk_type == SOCK_STREAM)
 			tcp_set_keepalive(sk, valbool);
 #endif
 		sock_valbool_flag(sk, SOCK_KEEPOPEN, valbool);