diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-04-20-00-20-01.gh-issue-148783.ZRKJt4.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-04-20-00-20-01.gh-issue-148783.ZRKJt4.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..dbfda29fd9a93f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2026-04-20-00-20-01.gh-issue-148783.ZRKJt4.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Fix :class:`socket.socket` to respect caller-specified proto over
+auto-detection, which is not supported on platforms such as macOS.
diff --git a/Modules/socketmodule.c b/Modules/socketmodule.c
index f1a55db229e115..25123b8a7314ff 100644
--- a/Modules/socketmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/socketmodule.c
@@ -5746,8 +5746,8 @@ sock_initobj_impl(PySocketSockObject *self, int family, int type, int proto,
 #else
             type = SOCK_STREAM;
 #endif
-#ifdef SO_PROTOCOL
             if (proto == -1) {
+#ifdef SO_PROTOCOL
                 int tmp;
                 socklen_t slen = sizeof(tmp);
                 if (getsockopt(fd, SOL_SOCKET, SO_PROTOCOL,
@@ -5758,10 +5758,10 @@ sock_initobj_impl(PySocketSockObject *self, int family, int type, int proto,
                     set_error();
                     return -1;
                 }
-            }
 #else
             proto = 0;
 #endif
+            }
         }
     }
     else {