diff --git a/include/net/inet_sock.h b/include/net/inet_sock.h
index fffd34fa6a7cb92a98e29bd6b36ccf907b5e3a6d..cefd9a60dc6d8432cc685716c2e556be7a7dc2ec 100644
--- a/include/net/inet_sock.h
+++ b/include/net/inet_sock.h
@@ -231,7 +231,6 @@ struct inet_sock {
 	__u8			mc_ttl;
 	__u8			pmtudisc;
 	__u8			is_icsk:1,
-				transparent:1,
 				nodefrag:1;
 	__u8			bind_address_no_port:1,
 				defer_connect:1; /* Indicates that fastopen_connect is set
@@ -271,6 +270,7 @@ enum {
 	INET_FLAGS_HDRINCL	= 12,
 	INET_FLAGS_MC_LOOP	= 13,
 	INET_FLAGS_MC_ALL	= 14,
+	INET_FLAGS_TRANSPARENT	= 15,
 };
 
 /* cmsg flags for inet */
@@ -397,7 +397,7 @@ static inline __u8 inet_sk_flowi_flags(const struct sock *sk)
 {
 	__u8 flags = 0;
 
-	if (inet_sk(sk)->transparent || inet_test_bit(HDRINCL, sk))
+	if (inet_test_bit(TRANSPARENT, sk) || inet_test_bit(HDRINCL, sk))
 		flags |= FLOWI_FLAG_ANYSRC;
 	return flags;
 }
@@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ static inline bool inet_can_nonlocal_bind(struct net *net,
 {
 	return READ_ONCE(net->ipv4.sysctl_ip_nonlocal_bind) ||
 		test_bit(INET_FLAGS_FREEBIND, &inet->inet_flags) ||
-		inet->transparent;
+		test_bit(INET_FLAGS_TRANSPARENT, &inet->inet_flags);
 }
 
 static inline bool inet_addr_valid_or_nonlocal(struct net *net,
diff --git a/include/net/ipv6.h b/include/net/ipv6.h
index 5f513503e7d568c189a7b14439612f4e27ba539b..9a3520d5340198ad48b5d52e22653d8a7a9d80af 100644
--- a/include/net/ipv6.h
+++ b/include/net/ipv6.h
@@ -938,7 +938,7 @@ static inline bool ipv6_can_nonlocal_bind(struct net *net,
 {
 	return net->ipv6.sysctl.ip_nonlocal_bind ||
 		test_bit(INET_FLAGS_FREEBIND, &inet->inet_flags) ||
-		inet->transparent;
+		test_bit(INET_FLAGS_TRANSPARENT, &inet->inet_flags);
 }
 
 /* Sysctl settings for net ipv6.auto_flowlabels */
diff --git a/include/net/route.h b/include/net/route.h
index d9ca98d2366ff96a754682f5749037ffcdadcc8e..51a45b1887b562bfb473f9f8c50897d5d3073476 100644
--- a/include/net/route.h
+++ b/include/net/route.h
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ static inline void ip_route_connect_init(struct flowi4 *fl4, __be32 dst,
 {
 	__u8 flow_flags = 0;
 
-	if (inet_sk(sk)->transparent)
+	if (inet_test_bit(TRANSPARENT, sk))
 		flow_flags |= FLOWI_FLAG_ANYSRC;
 
 	flowi4_init_output(fl4, oif, READ_ONCE(sk->sk_mark), ip_sock_rt_tos(sk),
diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index 6d77c08d83b76a8bf4347bbb05dc6e808b5857d0..07b21d9a962072e4fbd3986162458e16a62abfb0 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -2031,7 +2031,7 @@ static inline bool inet_sk_transparent(const struct sock *sk)
 	case TCP_NEW_SYN_RECV:
 		return inet_rsk(inet_reqsk(sk))->no_srccheck;
 	}
-	return inet_sk(sk)->transparent;
+	return inet_test_bit(TRANSPARENT, sk);
 }
 
 /* Determines whether this is a thin stream (which may suffer from
diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_diag.c b/net/ipv4/inet_diag.c
index e009dab80c3546c5222c587531acd394f2eeff0d..45fefd2f31fd7b921d796b0317b72b8858ca9c5b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_diag.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_diag.c
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ int inet_diag_msg_attrs_fill(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	inet_sockopt.freebind	= inet_test_bit(FREEBIND, sk);
 	inet_sockopt.hdrincl	= inet_test_bit(HDRINCL, sk);
 	inet_sockopt.mc_loop	= inet_test_bit(MC_LOOP, sk);
-	inet_sockopt.transparent = inet->transparent;
+	inet_sockopt.transparent = inet_test_bit(TRANSPARENT, sk);
 	inet_sockopt.mc_all	= inet_test_bit(MC_ALL, sk);
 	inet_sockopt.nodefrag	= inet->nodefrag;
 	inet_sockopt.bind_address_no_port = inet->bind_address_no_port;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c b/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c
index 2c1b245dba8e8d1403018fb5b8caee1981ee1043..dd37a5bf6881117aafc4f2a0631979c4e3928be6 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_timewait_sock.c
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ struct inet_timewait_sock *inet_twsk_alloc(const struct sock *sk,
 		tw->tw_reuseport    = sk->sk_reuseport;
 		tw->tw_hash	    = sk->sk_hash;
 		tw->tw_ipv6only	    = 0;
-		tw->tw_transparent  = inet->transparent;
+		tw->tw_transparent  = inet_test_bit(TRANSPARENT, sk);
 		tw->tw_prot	    = sk->sk_prot_creator;
 		atomic64_set(&tw->tw_cookie, atomic64_read(&sk->sk_cookie));
 		twsk_net_set(tw, sock_net(sk));
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c b/net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c
index 2f27c30a4eccca5d23b70851daeb5115bcc1de16..3f5323a230b3d84048838cb03d648b213bd95fab 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c
@@ -1005,7 +1005,16 @@ int do_ip_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
 			return -EINVAL;
 		inet_assign_bit(MC_ALL, sk, val);
 		return 0;
-
+	case IP_TRANSPARENT:
+		if (!!val && !sockopt_ns_capable(sock_net(sk)->user_ns, CAP_NET_RAW) &&
+		    !sockopt_ns_capable(sock_net(sk)->user_ns, CAP_NET_ADMIN)) {
+			err = -EPERM;
+			break;
+		}
+		if (optlen < 1)
+			goto e_inval;
+		inet_assign_bit(TRANSPARENT, sk, val);
+		return 0;
 	}
 
 	err = 0;
@@ -1319,17 +1328,6 @@ int do_ip_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
 		err = xfrm_user_policy(sk, optname, optval, optlen);
 		break;
 
-	case IP_TRANSPARENT:
-		if (!!val && !sockopt_ns_capable(sock_net(sk)->user_ns, CAP_NET_RAW) &&
-		    !sockopt_ns_capable(sock_net(sk)->user_ns, CAP_NET_ADMIN)) {
-			err = -EPERM;
-			break;
-		}
-		if (optlen < 1)
-			goto e_inval;
-		inet->transparent = !!val;
-		break;
-
 	case IP_MINTTL:
 		if (optlen < 1)
 			goto e_inval;
@@ -1585,6 +1583,9 @@ int do_ip_getsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
 	case IP_MULTICAST_ALL:
 		val = inet_test_bit(MC_ALL, sk);
 		goto copyval;
+	case IP_TRANSPARENT:
+		val = inet_test_bit(TRANSPARENT, sk);
+		goto copyval;
 	}
 
 	if (needs_rtnl)
@@ -1735,9 +1736,6 @@ int do_ip_getsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
 		len -= msg.msg_controllen;
 		return copy_to_sockptr(optlen, &len, sizeof(int));
 	}
-	case IP_TRANSPARENT:
-		val = inet->transparent;
-		break;
 	case IP_MINTTL:
 		val = inet->min_ttl;
 		break;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 8e96ebe373d7ec88213adac9f85cc367200694ec..5ad755c014b7a33d3d1f096d648f654d856c78e3 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -6994,7 +6994,7 @@ int tcp_conn_request(struct request_sock_ops *rsk_ops,
 
 	tmp_opt.tstamp_ok = tmp_opt.saw_tstamp;
 	tcp_openreq_init(req, &tmp_opt, skb, sk);
-	inet_rsk(req)->no_srccheck = inet_sk(sk)->transparent;
+	inet_rsk(req)->no_srccheck = inet_test_bit(TRANSPARENT, sk);
 
 	/* Note: tcp_v6_init_req() might override ir_iif for link locals */
 	inet_rsk(req)->ir_iif = inet_request_bound_dev_if(sk, skb);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
index 13ee12983c4293afe2ddabe282155be045a2e9b2..b98d476f1594bd8f9a70e6ff53d7f868a15997c5 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_minisocks.c
@@ -289,9 +289,8 @@ void tcp_time_wait(struct sock *sk, int state, int timeo)
 	if (tw) {
 		struct tcp_timewait_sock *tcptw = tcp_twsk((struct sock *)tw);
 		const int rto = (icsk->icsk_rto << 2) - (icsk->icsk_rto >> 1);
-		struct inet_sock *inet = inet_sk(sk);
 
-		tw->tw_transparent	= inet->transparent;
+		tw->tw_transparent	= inet_test_bit(TRANSPARENT, sk);
 		tw->tw_mark		= sk->sk_mark;
 		tw->tw_priority		= sk->sk_priority;
 		tw->tw_rcv_wscale	= tp->rx_opt.rcv_wscale;
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c b/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
index 3eb38436f8d431ca37200869bfe57ec33b46bf8b..eb334122512c2a7b41dc5f6bc83aaa3c2b946a06 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
@@ -633,7 +633,7 @@ int do_ipv6_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
 		if (optlen < sizeof(int))
 			goto e_inval;
 		/* we don't have a separate transparent bit for IPV6 we use the one in the IPv4 socket */
-		inet_sk(sk)->transparent = valbool;
+		inet_assign_bit(TRANSPARENT, sk, valbool);
 		retv = 0;
 		break;
 
@@ -1330,7 +1330,7 @@ int do_ipv6_getsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
 	}
 
 	case IPV6_TRANSPARENT:
-		val = inet_sk(sk)->transparent;
+		val = inet_test_bit(TRANSPARENT, sk);
 		break;
 
 	case IPV6_FREEBIND:
diff --git a/net/mptcp/sockopt.c b/net/mptcp/sockopt.c
index 1f3331f9f7c85f3b2a1e8dc03cf80be73af4ed0d..865d1540d8d6936a6808f2754c33248f2c1506fd 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/sockopt.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/sockopt.c
@@ -416,7 +416,8 @@ static int mptcp_setsockopt_v6(struct mptcp_sock *msk, int optname,
 			sk->sk_ipv6only = ssock->sk->sk_ipv6only;
 			break;
 		case IPV6_TRANSPARENT:
-			inet_sk(sk)->transparent = inet_sk(ssock->sk)->transparent;
+			inet_assign_bit(TRANSPARENT, sk,
+					inet_test_bit(TRANSPARENT, ssock->sk));
 			break;
 		case IPV6_FREEBIND:
 			inet_assign_bit(FREEBIND, sk,
@@ -709,7 +710,8 @@ static int mptcp_setsockopt_sol_ip_set_transparent(struct mptcp_sock *msk, int o
 				inet_test_bit(FREEBIND, sk));
 		break;
 	case IP_TRANSPARENT:
-		issk->transparent = inet_sk(sk)->transparent;
+		inet_assign_bit(TRANSPARENT, ssock->sk,
+				inet_test_bit(TRANSPARENT, sk));
 		break;
 	default:
 		release_sock(sk);
@@ -1443,7 +1445,7 @@ static void sync_socket_options(struct mptcp_sock *msk, struct sock *ssk)
 	__tcp_sock_set_cork(ssk, !!msk->cork);
 	__tcp_sock_set_nodelay(ssk, !!msk->nodelay);
 
-	inet_sk(ssk)->transparent = inet_sk(sk)->transparent;
+	inet_assign_bit(TRANSPARENT, ssk, inet_test_bit(TRANSPARENT, sk));
 	inet_assign_bit(FREEBIND, ssk, inet_test_bit(FREEBIND, sk));
 }
 
