diff --git a/src/openvpn/dco.c b/src/openvpn/dco.c
index 993265188..2f4d0f779 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/dco.c
+++ b/src/openvpn/dco.c
@@ -456,22 +456,6 @@ dco_check_pull_options(int msglevel, const struct options *o)
     return true;
 }
 
-static void
-addr_set_dco_installed(struct context *c)
-{
-    /* We ensure that all addresses we currently hold have the dco_installed
-     * bit set */
-    for (int i = 0; i < KEY_SCAN_SIZE; ++i)
-    {
-        struct key_state *ks = get_key_scan(c->c2.tls_multi, i);
-        if (ks)
-        {
-            ks->remote_addr.dco_installed = true;
-        }
-    }
-    get_link_socket_info(c)->lsa->actual.dco_installed = true;
-}
-
 int
 dco_p2p_add_new_peer(struct context *c)
 {
@@ -484,8 +468,6 @@ dco_p2p_add_new_peer(struct context *c)
 
     ASSERT(ls->info.connection_established);
 
-    addr_set_dco_installed(c);
-
     struct sockaddr *remoteaddr = &ls->info.lsa->actual.dest.addr.sa;
     struct tls_multi *multi = c->c2.tls_multi;
 #ifdef TARGET_FREEBSD
@@ -505,7 +487,7 @@ dco_p2p_add_new_peer(struct context *c)
     }
 
     c->c2.tls_multi->dco_peer_id = multi->peer_id;
-    c->c2.link_socket->info.lsa->actual.dco_installed = true;
+    c->c2.link_socket->dco_installed = true;
 
     return 0;
 }
@@ -595,7 +577,6 @@ dco_multi_add_new_peer(struct multi_context *m, struct multi_instance *mi)
         ASSERT(c->c2.link_socket_info->connection_established);
         remoteaddr = &c->c2.link_socket_info->lsa->actual.dest.addr.sa;
     }
-    addr_set_dco_installed(c);
 
     /* In server mode we need to fetch the remote addresses from the push config */
     struct in_addr vpn_ip4 = { 0 };
@@ -633,7 +614,7 @@ dco_multi_add_new_peer(struct multi_context *m, struct multi_instance *mi)
         {
             msg(D_DCO|M_ERRNO, "error closing TCP socket after DCO handover");
         }
-        c->c2.link_socket->info.lsa->actual.dco_installed = true;
+        c->c2.link_socket->dco_installed = true;
         c->c2.link_socket->sd = SOCKET_UNDEFINED;
     }
 
diff --git a/src/openvpn/forward.c b/src/openvpn/forward.c
index c04511ee1..64c8ee6a0 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/forward.c
+++ b/src/openvpn/forward.c
@@ -1674,9 +1674,10 @@ process_ip_header(struct context *c, unsigned int flags, struct buffer *buf)
     }
 }
 
-/* Linux DCO implementations pass the socket to the kernel and
- * disallow usage of it from userland, so (control) packets sent and
- * received by OpenVPN need to go through the DCO interface.
+/*
+ * Linux DCO implementations pass the socket to the kernel and
+ * disallow usage of it from userland for TCP, so (control) packets
+ * sent and received by OpenVPN need to go through the DCO interface.
  *
  * Windows DCO needs control packets to be sent via the normal
  * standard Overlapped I/O.
@@ -1688,10 +1689,10 @@ process_ip_header(struct context *c, unsigned int flags, struct buffer *buf)
  * in the future...) in a small inline function.
  */
 static inline bool
-should_use_dco_socket(struct link_socket_actual *actual)
+should_use_dco_socket(struct link_socket *ls)
 {
 #if defined(TARGET_LINUX)
-    return actual->dco_installed;
+    return ls->dco_installed && proto_is_tcp(ls->info.proto);
 #else
     return false;
 #endif
@@ -1770,7 +1771,7 @@ process_outgoing_link(struct context *c)
                 socks_preprocess_outgoing_link(c, &to_addr, &size_delta);
 
                 /* Send packet */
-                if (should_use_dco_socket(c->c2.to_link_addr))
+                if (should_use_dco_socket(c->c2.link_socket))
                 {
                     size = dco_do_write(&c->c1.tuntap->dco,
                                         c->c2.tls_multi->dco_peer_id,
diff --git a/src/openvpn/init.c b/src/openvpn/init.c
index 409a8be2a..3380ed9e6 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/init.c
+++ b/src/openvpn/init.c
@@ -3696,7 +3696,7 @@ do_close_link_socket(struct context *c)
      * closed in do_close_tun(). Set it to UNDEFINED so
      * we won't use WinSock API to close it. */
     if (tuntap_is_dco_win(c->c1.tuntap) && c->c2.link_socket
-        && c->c2.link_socket->info.lsa->actual.dco_installed)
+        && c->c2.link_socket->dco_installed)
     {
         c->c2.link_socket->sd = SOCKET_UNDEFINED;
     }
diff --git a/src/openvpn/mtcp.c b/src/openvpn/mtcp.c
index 07da15a6d..ac06ddc64 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/mtcp.c
+++ b/src/openvpn/mtcp.c
@@ -402,7 +402,7 @@ multi_tcp_wait_lite(struct multi_context *m, struct multi_instance *mi, const in
 
     tv_clear(&c->c2.timeval); /* ZERO-TIMEOUT */
 
-    if (mi && mi->context.c2.link_socket->info.lsa->actual.dco_installed)
+    if (mi && mi->context.c2.link_socket->dco_installed)
     {
         /* If we got a socket that has been handed over to the kernel
          * we must not call the normal socket function to figure out
@@ -537,7 +537,7 @@ multi_tcp_dispatch(struct multi_context *m, struct multi_instance *mi, const int
 
         case TA_INITIAL:
             ASSERT(mi);
-            if (!mi->context.c2.link_socket->info.lsa->actual.dco_installed)
+            if (!mi->context.c2.link_socket->dco_installed)
             {
                 multi_tcp_set_global_rw_flags(m, mi);
             }
@@ -590,7 +590,7 @@ multi_tcp_post(struct multi_context *m, struct multi_instance *mi, const int act
             }
             else
             {
-                if (!c->c2.link_socket->info.lsa->actual.dco_installed)
+                if (!c->c2.link_socket->dco_installed)
                 {
                     multi_tcp_set_global_rw_flags(m, mi);
                 }
diff --git a/src/openvpn/socket.c b/src/openvpn/socket.c
index 82787f9f2..c7ec0e06d 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/socket.c
+++ b/src/openvpn/socket.c
@@ -2147,7 +2147,7 @@ create_socket_dco_win(struct context *c, struct link_socket *sock,
                       get_server_poll_remaining_time(sock->server_poll_timeout),
                       signal_received);
 
-    sock->info.lsa->actual.dco_installed = true;
+    sock->dco_installed = true;
 
     if (*signal_received)
     {
@@ -3480,7 +3480,7 @@ link_socket_write_udp_posix_sendmsg(struct link_socket *sock,
 static int
 socket_get_last_error(const struct link_socket *sock)
 {
-    if (sock->info.lsa->actual.dco_installed)
+    if (sock->dco_installed)
     {
         return GetLastError();
     }
@@ -3521,7 +3521,7 @@ socket_recv_queue(struct link_socket *sock, int maxsize)
         ASSERT(ResetEvent(sock->reads.overlapped.hEvent));
         sock->reads.flags = 0;
 
-        if (sock->info.lsa->actual.dco_installed)
+        if (sock->dco_installed)
         {
             status = ReadFile((HANDLE)sock->sd, wsabuf[0].buf, wsabuf[0].len,
                               &sock->reads.size, &sock->reads.overlapped);
@@ -3626,7 +3626,7 @@ socket_send_queue(struct link_socket *sock, struct buffer *buf, const struct lin
         ASSERT(ResetEvent(sock->writes.overlapped.hEvent));
         sock->writes.flags = 0;
 
-        if (sock->info.lsa->actual.dco_installed)
+        if (sock->dco_installed)
         {
             status = WriteFile((HANDLE)sock->sd, wsabuf[0].buf, wsabuf[0].len,
                                &sock->writes.size, &sock->writes.overlapped);
diff --git a/src/openvpn/socket.h b/src/openvpn/socket.h
index 929ef8187..05c31b104 100644
--- a/src/openvpn/socket.h
+++ b/src/openvpn/socket.h
@@ -88,7 +88,6 @@ struct link_socket_actual
     /*int dummy;*/ /* add offset to force a bug if dest not explicitly dereferenced */
 
     struct openvpn_sockaddr dest;
-    bool dco_installed;
 #if ENABLE_IP_PKTINFO
     union {
 #if defined(HAVE_IN_PKTINFO) && defined(HAVE_IPI_SPEC_DST)
@@ -169,6 +168,7 @@ struct link_socket
 
     socket_descriptor_t sd;
     socket_descriptor_t ctrl_sd; /* only used for UDP over Socks */
+    bool dco_installed;
 
 #ifdef _WIN32
     struct overlapped_io reads;
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ link_socket_read_udp_win32(struct link_socket *sock,
                            struct link_socket_actual *from)
 {
     sockethandle_t sh = { .s = sock->sd };
-    if (sock->info.lsa->actual.dco_installed)
+    if (sock->dco_installed)
     {
         *from = sock->info.lsa->actual;
         sh.is_handle = true;
@@ -1058,8 +1058,7 @@ link_socket_read(struct link_socket *sock,
                  struct buffer *buf,
                  struct link_socket_actual *from)
 {
-    if (proto_is_udp(sock->info.proto)
-        || sock->info.lsa->actual.dco_installed)
+    if (proto_is_udp(sock->info.proto) || sock->dco_installed)
     /* unified UDPv4 and UDPv6, for DCO the kernel
      * will strip the length header */
     {
@@ -1102,7 +1101,7 @@ link_socket_write_win32(struct link_socket *sock,
 {
     int err = 0;
     int status = 0;
-    sockethandle_t sh = { .s = sock->sd, .is_handle = sock->info.lsa->actual.dco_installed };
+    sockethandle_t sh = { .s = sock->sd, .is_handle = sock->dco_installed };
     if (overlapped_io_active(&sock->writes))
     {
         status = sockethandle_finalize(sh, &sock->writes, NULL, NULL);
@@ -1176,7 +1175,7 @@ link_socket_write(struct link_socket *sock,
                   struct buffer *buf,
                   struct link_socket_actual *to)
 {
-    if (proto_is_udp(sock->info.proto) || to->dco_installed)
+    if (proto_is_udp(sock->info.proto) || sock->dco_installed)
     {
         /* unified UDPv4 and UDPv6 and DCO (kernel adds size header) */
         return link_socket_write_udp(sock, buf, to);
