diff --git a/src/basic/socket-util.c b/src/basic/socket-util.c
index 986bc6e67fd..4e8b2baf82e 100644
--- a/src/basic/socket-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/socket-util.c
@@ -835,8 +835,8 @@ int fd_inc_sndbuf(int fd, size_t n) {
         /* If we have the privileges we will ignore the kernel limit. */
 
         value = (int) n;
-        if (setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDBUFFORCE, &value, sizeof(value)) < 0)
-                if (setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDBUF, &value, sizeof(value)) < 0)
+        if (setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDBUF, &value, sizeof(value)) < 0)
+                if (setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_SNDBUFFORCE, &value, sizeof(value)) < 0)
                         return -errno;
 
         return 1;
@@ -853,8 +853,8 @@ int fd_inc_rcvbuf(int fd, size_t n) {
         /* If we have the privileges we will ignore the kernel limit. */
 
         value = (int) n;
-        if (setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUFFORCE, &value, sizeof(value)) < 0)
-                if (setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUF, &value, sizeof(value)) < 0)
+        if (setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUF, &value, sizeof(value)) < 0)
+                if (setsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_RCVBUFFORCE, &value, sizeof(value)) < 0)
                         return -errno;
         return 1;
 }