diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 90ed1ba08f3..d7c7753ce93 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -872,3 +872,10 @@
 	  stdout to output debug data.  That works fine unless (1) the dbg() macro
 	  is interrupt logic and the interrupted task has redirected stdout!  Most
 	  changes were in uIP.
+	* net/uip/uip_tcpinput.c.  Connection reference count was not being set correctly
+	  when a socket is created by accepting a new connection.  Since the reference
+	  count is bad, such sockets are not successfully duplicated when being passed
+	  to new tasks.
+	* net/net_clone.c.  Similarly, after a socket is cloned, its reference count
+	  was not being initialized.
+
diff --git a/Documentation/NuttX.html b/Documentation/NuttX.html
index 121ba36a5ce..834ba4075af 100644
--- a/Documentation/NuttX.html
+++ b/Documentation/NuttX.html
@@ -1532,6 +1532,12 @@ nuttx-0.4.11 2009-xx-xx Gregory Nutt <spudmonkey@racsa.co.cr>
 	* Changed lots of occurrents of debug macro dbg() to lldbg().  dbg() uses
 	  stdout to output debug data.  That works fine unless (1) the dbg() macro
 	  is interrupt logic and the interrupted task has redirected stdout!  Most
+	* net/uip/uip_tcpinput.c.  Connection reference count was not being set correctly
+	  when a socket is created by accepting a new connection.  Since the reference
+	  count is bad, such sockets are not successfully duplicated when being passed
+	  to new tasks.
+	* net/net_clone.c.  Similarly, after a socket is cloned, its reference count
+	  was not being initialized.
 
 pascal-0.1.3 2009-xx-xx Gregory Nutt <spudmonkey@racsa.co.cr>
 
diff --git a/net/net_clone.c b/net/net_clone.c
index ab5e5a952ac..313daee24e0 100644
--- a/net/net_clone.c
+++ b/net/net_clone.c
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ int net_clone(FAR struct socket *psock1, FAR struct socket *psock2)
   /* Increment the reference count on the connection */
 
   DEBUGASSERT(psock2->s_conn);
+  psock2->s_crefs    = 1;                   /* One reference on the new socket itself */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_TCP
   if (psock2->s_type == SOCK_STREAM)
diff --git a/net/uip/uip_tcpinput.c b/net/uip/uip_tcpinput.c
index b1885a093ce..5f0430ed26c 100644
--- a/net/uip/uip_tcpinput.c
+++ b/net/uip/uip_tcpinput.c
@@ -167,6 +167,8 @@ void uip_tcpinput(struct uip_driver_s *dev)
                */
 
               conn->tcpstateflags = UIP_ESTABLISHED;
+              conn->crefs         = 1;
+
               if (uip_accept(dev, conn, tmp16) != OK)
                 {
                   /* No, then we have to give the connection back */