diff --git a/net/ipv4/udp.c b/net/ipv4/udp.c
index d0d436d..69464b9 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/udp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/udp.c
@@ -294,6 +294,11 @@ begin:
 	sk_nulls_for_each_rcu(sk, node, &hslot->head) {
 		score = compute_score(sk, net, saddr, hnum, sport,
 				      daddr, dport, dif);
+		if (score == 9) {
+			result = sk;
+			badness = score;
+			goto skip_end_of_nulls_check;
+		}
 		if (score > badness) {
 			result = sk;
 			badness = score;
@@ -307,6 +312,7 @@ begin:
 	if (get_nulls_value(node) != hash)
 		goto begin;
 
+skip_end_of_nulls_check:
 	if (result) {
 		if (unlikely(!atomic_inc_not_zero(&result->sk_refcnt)))
 			result = NULL;