diff --git a/include/net/dropreason-core.h b/include/net/dropreason-core.h
index 580be34ffa4f..a8db05defa5a 100644
--- a/include/net/dropreason-core.h
+++ b/include/net/dropreason-core.h
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 	FN(SOCKET_RCV_SHUTDOWN)		\
 	FN(UNIX_DISCONNECT)		\
 	FN(UNIX_INFLIGHT_FD_LIMIT)	\
+	FN(UNIX_NO_PERM)		\
 	FN(UNIX_SKIP_OOB)		\
 	FN(PKT_TOO_SMALL)		\
 	FN(TCP_CSUM)			\
@@ -164,6 +165,11 @@ enum skb_drop_reason {
 	 * are passed via SCM_RIGHTS but not yet received, reaching RLIMIT_NOFILE.
 	 */
 	SKB_DROP_REASON_UNIX_INFLIGHT_FD_LIMIT,
+	/**
+	 * @SKB_DROP_REASON_UNIX_NO_PERM: the peer socket is already connect()ed
+	 * to another SOCK_DGRAM/SOCK_SEQPACKET socket.
+	 */
+	SKB_DROP_REASON_UNIX_NO_PERM,
 	/**
 	 * @SKB_DROP_REASON_UNIX_SKIP_OOB: Out-Of-Band data is skipped by
 	 * recv() without MSG_OOB so dropped.
diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index b976f59dbcdd..158c6b8ba141 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -1991,6 +1991,7 @@ static int unix_dgram_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 {
 	struct sock *sk = sock->sk, *other = NULL;
 	struct unix_sock *u = unix_sk(sk);
+	enum skb_drop_reason reason;
 	struct scm_cookie scm;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	int data_len = 0;
@@ -2051,15 +2052,19 @@ static int unix_dgram_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 		goto out;
 
 	err = unix_scm_to_skb(&scm, skb, true);
-	if (err < 0)
+	if (err < 0) {
+		reason = unix_scm_err_to_reason(err);
 		goto out_free;
+	}
 
 	skb_put(skb, len - data_len);
 	skb->data_len = data_len;
 	skb->len = len;
 	err = skb_copy_datagram_from_iter(skb, 0, &msg->msg_iter, len);
-	if (err)
+	if (err) {
+		reason = SKB_DROP_REASON_SKB_UCOPY_FAULT;
 		goto out_free;
+	}
 
 	timeo = sock_sndtimeo(sk, msg->msg_flags & MSG_DONTWAIT);
 
@@ -2069,12 +2074,14 @@ static int unix_dgram_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 					msg->msg_namelen, sk->sk_type);
 		if (IS_ERR(other)) {
 			err = PTR_ERR(other);
+			reason = SKB_DROP_REASON_NO_SOCKET;
 			goto out_free;
 		}
 	} else {
 		other = unix_peer_get(sk);
 		if (!other) {
 			err = -ENOTCONN;
+			reason = SKB_DROP_REASON_NO_SOCKET;
 			goto out_free;
 		}
 	}
@@ -2082,6 +2089,7 @@ static int unix_dgram_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 	if (sk_filter(other, skb) < 0) {
 		/* Toss the packet but do not return any error to the sender */
 		err = len;
+		reason = SKB_DROP_REASON_SOCKET_FILTER;
 		goto out_sock_put;
 	}
 
@@ -2092,6 +2100,7 @@ static int unix_dgram_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 
 	if (!unix_may_send(sk, other)) {
 		err = -EPERM;
+		reason = SKB_DROP_REASON_UNIX_NO_PERM;
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
@@ -2106,6 +2115,7 @@ static int unix_dgram_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 			 * unlike SOCK_DGRAM wants.
 			 */
 			err = -EPIPE;
+			reason = SKB_DROP_REASON_SOCKET_CLOSE;
 			goto out_sock_put;
 		}
 
@@ -2122,6 +2132,7 @@ static int unix_dgram_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 			unix_dgram_disconnected(sk, other);
 			sock_put(other);
 			err = -ECONNREFUSED;
+			reason = SKB_DROP_REASON_SOCKET_CLOSE;
 			goto out_sock_put;
 		}
 
@@ -2129,6 +2140,7 @@ static int unix_dgram_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 
 		if (!msg->msg_namelen) {
 			err = -ECONNRESET;
+			reason = SKB_DROP_REASON_SOCKET_CLOSE;
 			goto out_sock_put;
 		}
 
@@ -2137,13 +2149,16 @@ static int unix_dgram_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 
 	if (other->sk_shutdown & RCV_SHUTDOWN) {
 		err = -EPIPE;
+		reason = SKB_DROP_REASON_SOCKET_RCV_SHUTDOWN;
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
 	if (sk->sk_type != SOCK_SEQPACKET) {
 		err = security_unix_may_send(sk->sk_socket, other->sk_socket);
-		if (err)
+		if (err) {
+			reason = SKB_DROP_REASON_SECURITY_HOOK;
 			goto out_unlock;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/* other == sk && unix_peer(other) != sk if
@@ -2157,8 +2172,10 @@ static int unix_dgram_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 			timeo = unix_wait_for_peer(other, timeo);
 
 			err = sock_intr_errno(timeo);
-			if (signal_pending(current))
+			if (signal_pending(current)) {
+				reason = SKB_DROP_REASON_SOCKET_RCVBUFF;
 				goto out_sock_put;
+			}
 
 			goto restart;
 		}
@@ -2171,6 +2188,7 @@ static int unix_dgram_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 		if (unix_peer(sk) != other ||
 		    unix_dgram_peer_wake_me(sk, other)) {
 			err = -EAGAIN;
+			reason = SKB_DROP_REASON_SOCKET_RCVBUFF;
 			sk_locked = 1;
 			goto out_unlock;
 		}
@@ -2202,7 +2220,7 @@ static int unix_dgram_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 out_sock_put:
 	sock_put(other);
 out_free:
-	kfree_skb(skb);
+	kfree_skb_reason(skb, reason);
 out:
 	scm_destroy(&scm);
 	return err;
