--- a/net/ipv6/datagram.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/datagram.c
@@ -146,10 +146,12 @@ int __ip6_datagram_connect(struct sock *sk, struct sockaddr *uaddr,
 	struct sockaddr_in6	*usin = (struct sockaddr_in6 *) uaddr;
 	struct inet_sock	*inet = inet_sk(sk);
 	struct ipv6_pinfo	*np = inet6_sk(sk);
-	struct in6_addr		*daddr;
+	struct in6_addr		*daddr, old_daddr;
+	__be32			fl6_flowlabel = 0;
+	__be32			old_fl6_flowlabel;
+	__be32			old_dport;
 	int			addr_type;
 	int			err;
-	__be32			fl6_flowlabel = 0;
 
 	if (usin->sin6_family == AF_INET) {
 		if (__ipv6_only_sock(sk))
@@ -238,9 +240,13 @@ int __ip6_datagram_connect(struct sock *sk, struct sockaddr *uaddr,
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* save the current peer information before updating it */
+	old_daddr = sk->sk_v6_daddr;
+	old_fl6_flowlabel = np->flow_label;
+	old_dport = inet->inet_dport;
+
 	sk->sk_v6_daddr = *daddr;
 	np->flow_label = fl6_flowlabel;
-
 	inet->inet_dport = usin->sin6_port;
 
 	/*
@@ -250,11 +256,12 @@ int __ip6_datagram_connect(struct sock *sk, struct sockaddr *uaddr,
 
 	err = ip6_datagram_dst_update(sk, true);
 	if (err) {
-		/* Reset daddr and dport so that udp_v6_early_demux()
-		 * fails to find this socket
+		/* Restore the socket peer info, to keep it consistent with
+		 * the old socket state
 		 */
-		memset(&sk->sk_v6_daddr, 0, sizeof(sk->sk_v6_daddr));
-		inet->inet_dport = 0;
+		sk->sk_v6_daddr = old_daddr;
+		np->flow_label = old_fl6_flowlabel;
+		inet->inet_dport = old_dport;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
index e22512e32827..87e07080c8e9 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.c
@@ -111,6 +111,13 @@ struct l2tp_net {
 	spinlock_t l2tp_session_hlist_lock;
 };
 
+#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
+static bool l2tp_sk_is_v6(struct sock *sk)
+{
+	return sk->sk_family == PF_INET6 &&
+	       !ipv6_addr_v4mapped(&sk->sk_v6_daddr);
+}
+#endif
 
 static inline struct l2tp_tunnel *l2tp_tunnel(struct sock *sk)
 {
@@ -1049,7 +1056,7 @@ static int l2tp_xmit_core(struct l2tp_session *session, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	/* Queue the packet to IP for output */
 	skb->ignore_df = 1;
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
-	if (tunnel->sock->sk_family == PF_INET6 && !tunnel->v4mapped)
+	if (l2tp_sk_is_v6(tunnel->sock))
 		error = inet6_csk_xmit(tunnel->sock, skb, NULL);
 	else
 #endif
@@ -1112,11 +1119,21 @@ int l2tp_xmit_skb(struct l2tp_session *session, struct sk_buff *skb, int hdr_len
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
+	/* The user-space may change the connection status for the user-space
+	 * provided socket at run time: we must check it under the socket lock
+	 */
+	inet = inet_sk(sk);
+	if (tunnel->fd >= 0) {
+		if (sk->sk_state != TCP_ESTABLISHED) {
+			ret = NET_XMIT_DROP;
+			goto out_unlock;
+		}
+	}
+
 	/* Get routing info from the tunnel socket */
 	skb_dst_drop(skb);
 	skb_dst_set(skb, dst_clone(__sk_dst_check(sk, 0)));
 
-	inet = inet_sk(sk);
 	fl = &inet->cork.fl;
 	switch (tunnel->encap) {
 	case L2TP_ENCAPTYPE_UDP:
@@ -1131,7 +1148,7 @@ int l2tp_xmit_skb(struct l2tp_session *session, struct sk_buff *skb, int hdr_len
 
 		/* Calculate UDP checksum if configured to do so */
 #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
-		if (sk->sk_family == PF_INET6 && !tunnel->v4mapped)
+		if (l2tp_sk_is_v6(sk))
 			udp6_set_csum(udp_get_no_check6_tx(sk),
 				      skb, &inet6_sk(sk)->saddr,
 				      &sk->sk_v6_daddr, udp_len);
@@ -1511,24 +1528,6 @@ int l2tp_tunnel_create(struct net *net, int fd, int version, u32 tunnel_id, u32
 	if (cfg != NULL)
 		tunnel->debug = cfg->debug;
 
-#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
-	if (sk->sk_family == PF_INET6) {
-		struct ipv6_pinfo *np = inet6_sk(sk);
-
-		if (ipv6_addr_v4mapped(&np->saddr) &&
-		    ipv6_addr_v4mapped(&sk->sk_v6_daddr)) {
-			struct inet_sock *inet = inet_sk(sk);
-
-			tunnel->v4mapped = true;
-			inet->inet_saddr = np->saddr.s6_addr32[3];
-			inet->inet_rcv_saddr = sk->sk_v6_rcv_saddr.s6_addr32[3];
-			inet->inet_daddr = sk->sk_v6_daddr.s6_addr32[3];
-		} else {
-			tunnel->v4mapped = false;
-		}
-	}
-#endif
-
 	/* Mark socket as an encapsulation socket. See net/ipv4/udp.c */
 	tunnel->encap = encap;
 	if (encap == L2TP_ENCAPTYPE_UDP) {
diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h
index a1aa9550f04e..2718d0b284d0 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_core.h
@@ -188,9 +188,6 @@ struct l2tp_tunnel {
 	struct sock		*sock;		/* Parent socket */
 	int			fd;		/* Parent fd, if tunnel socket
 						 * was created by userspace */
-#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IPV6)
-	bool			v4mapped;
-#endif
 
 	struct work_struct	del_work;