diff --git a/net/tipc/server.c b/net/tipc/server.c
index eadd4ed..a57c840 100644
--- a/net/tipc/server.c
+++ b/net/tipc/server.c
@@ -37,11 +37,13 @@
 #include "core.h"
 #include "socket.h"
 #include <net/sock.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
 
 /* Number of messages to send before rescheduling */
 #define MAX_SEND_MSG_COUNT	25
 #define MAX_RECV_MSG_COUNT	25
 #define CF_CONNECTED		1
+#define CF_SERVER		2
 
 #define sock2con(x) ((struct tipc_conn *)(x)->sk_user_data)
 
@@ -88,9 +90,16 @@
 static void tipc_conn_kref_release(struct kref *kref)
 {
 	struct tipc_conn *con = container_of(kref, struct tipc_conn, kref);
+	struct socket *sock = con->sock;
+	struct sock *sk;
 
-	if (con->sock) {
-		tipc_sock_release_local(con->sock);
+	if (sock) {
+		sk = sock->sk;
+		if (test_bit(CF_SERVER, &con->flags)) {
+			__module_get(sock->ops->owner);
+			__module_get(sk->sk_prot_creator->owner);
+		}
+		sk_release_kernel(sk);
 		con->sock = NULL;
 	}
 
@@ -281,7 +290,7 @@
 	struct tipc_conn *newcon;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = tipc_sock_accept_local(sock, &newsock, O_NONBLOCK);
+	ret = kernel_accept(sock, &newsock, O_NONBLOCK);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 
@@ -309,9 +318,12 @@
 	struct socket *sock = NULL;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = tipc_sock_create_local(s->net, s->type, &sock);
+	ret = sock_create_kern(AF_TIPC, SOCK_SEQPACKET, 0, &sock);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		return NULL;
+
+	sk_change_net(sock->sk, s->net);
+
 	ret = kernel_setsockopt(sock, SOL_TIPC, TIPC_IMPORTANCE,
 				(char *)&s->imp, sizeof(s->imp));
 	if (ret < 0)
@@ -337,11 +349,31 @@
 		pr_err("Unknown socket type %d\n", s->type);
 		goto create_err;
 	}
+
+	/* As server's listening socket owner and creator is the same module,
+	 * we have to decrease TIPC module reference count to guarantee that
+	 * it remains zero after the server socket is created, otherwise,
+	 * executing "rmmod" command is unable to make TIPC module deleted
+	 * after TIPC module is inserted successfully.
+	 *
+	 * However, the reference count is ever increased twice in
+	 * sock_create_kern(): one is to increase the reference count of owner
+	 * of TIPC socket's proto_ops struct; another is to increment the
+	 * reference count of owner of TIPC proto struct. Therefore, we must
+	 * decrement the module reference count twice to ensure that it keeps
+	 * zero after server's listening socket is created. Of course, we
+	 * must bump the module reference count twice as well before the socket
+	 * is closed.
+	 */
+	module_put(sock->ops->owner);
+	module_put(sock->sk->sk_prot_creator->owner);
+	set_bit(CF_SERVER, &con->flags);
+
 	return sock;
 
 create_err:
-	sock_release(sock);
-	con->sock = NULL;
+	kernel_sock_shutdown(sock, SHUT_RDWR);
+	sk_release_kernel(sock->sk);
 	return NULL;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/tipc/socket.c b/net/tipc/socket.c
index 934947f..813847d 100644
--- a/net/tipc/socket.c
+++ b/net/tipc/socket.c
@@ -121,9 +121,7 @@
 static const struct proto_ops packet_ops;
 static const struct proto_ops stream_ops;
 static const struct proto_ops msg_ops;
-
 static struct proto tipc_proto;
-static struct proto tipc_proto_kern;
 
 static const struct nla_policy tipc_nl_sock_policy[TIPC_NLA_SOCK_MAX + 1] = {
 	[TIPC_NLA_SOCK_UNSPEC]		= { .type = NLA_UNSPEC },
@@ -341,11 +339,7 @@
 	}
 
 	/* Allocate socket's protocol area */
-	if (!kern)
-		sk = sk_alloc(net, AF_TIPC, GFP_KERNEL, &tipc_proto);
-	else
-		sk = sk_alloc(net, AF_TIPC, GFP_KERNEL, &tipc_proto_kern);
-
+	sk = sk_alloc(net, AF_TIPC, GFP_KERNEL, &tipc_proto);
 	if (sk == NULL)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
@@ -383,75 +377,6 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-/**
- * tipc_sock_create_local - create TIPC socket from inside TIPC module
- * @type: socket type - SOCK_RDM or SOCK_SEQPACKET
- *
- * We cannot use sock_creat_kern here because it bumps module user count.
- * Since socket owner and creator is the same module we must make sure
- * that module count remains zero for module local sockets, otherwise
- * we cannot do rmmod.
- *
- * Returns 0 on success, errno otherwise
- */
-int tipc_sock_create_local(struct net *net, int type, struct socket **res)
-{
-	int rc;
-
-	rc = sock_create_lite(AF_TIPC, type, 0, res);
-	if (rc < 0) {
-		pr_err("Failed to create kernel socket\n");
-		return rc;
-	}
-	tipc_sk_create(net, *res, 0, 1);
-
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/**
- * tipc_sock_release_local - release socket created by tipc_sock_create_local
- * @sock: the socket to be released.
- *
- * Module reference count is not incremented when such sockets are created,
- * so we must keep it from being decremented when they are released.
- */
-void tipc_sock_release_local(struct socket *sock)
-{
-	tipc_release(sock);
-	sock->ops = NULL;
-	sock_release(sock);
-}
-
-/**
- * tipc_sock_accept_local - accept a connection on a socket created
- * with tipc_sock_create_local. Use this function to avoid that
- * module reference count is inadvertently incremented.
- *
- * @sock:    the accepting socket
- * @newsock: reference to the new socket to be created
- * @flags:   socket flags
- */
-
-int tipc_sock_accept_local(struct socket *sock, struct socket **newsock,
-			   int flags)
-{
-	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
-	int ret;
-
-	ret = sock_create_lite(sk->sk_family, sk->sk_type,
-			       sk->sk_protocol, newsock);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
-
-	ret = tipc_accept(sock, *newsock, flags);
-	if (ret < 0) {
-		sock_release(*newsock);
-		return ret;
-	}
-	(*newsock)->ops = sock->ops;
-	return ret;
-}
-
 static void tipc_sk_callback(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
 	struct tipc_sock *tsk = container_of(head, struct tipc_sock, rcu);
@@ -2608,12 +2533,6 @@
 	.sysctl_rmem	= sysctl_tipc_rmem
 };
 
-static struct proto tipc_proto_kern = {
-	.name		= "TIPC",
-	.obj_size	= sizeof(struct tipc_sock),
-	.sysctl_rmem	= sysctl_tipc_rmem
-};
-
 /**
  * tipc_socket_init - initialize TIPC socket interface
  *
diff --git a/net/tipc/socket.h b/net/tipc/socket.h
index 238f1b7..bf65513 100644
--- a/net/tipc/socket.h
+++ b/net/tipc/socket.h
@@ -44,10 +44,6 @@
 				  SKB_TRUESIZE(TIPC_MAX_USER_MSG_SIZE))
 int tipc_socket_init(void);
 void tipc_socket_stop(void);
-int tipc_sock_create_local(struct net *net, int type, struct socket **res);
-void tipc_sock_release_local(struct socket *sock);
-int tipc_sock_accept_local(struct socket *sock, struct socket **newsock,
-			   int flags);
 int tipc_sk_rcv(struct net *net, struct sk_buff_head *inputq);
 void tipc_sk_mcast_rcv(struct net *net, struct sk_buff_head *arrvq,
 		       struct sk_buff_head *inputq);