diff --git a/inlet/flow/input/udp/socket.go b/inlet/flow/input/udp/socket.go
index 40363f67..979f9b7f 100644
--- a/inlet/flow/input/udp/socket.go
+++ b/inlet/flow/input/udp/socket.go
@@ -14,6 +14,23 @@ import (
 	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
+// commonUDPSocketOptions are the options common to all OS.
+var commonUDPSocketOptions = []socketOption{
+	{
+		// Allow a listener to bind again to a socket that was just closed
+		Name:      "SO_REUSEADDR",
+		Level:     unix.SOL_SOCKET,
+		Option:    unix.SO_REUSEADDR,
+		Mandatory: true,
+	}, {
+		// Allow multiple listeners to bind to the same port
+		Name:      "SO_REUSEPORT",
+		Level:     unix.SOL_SOCKET,
+		Option:    unix.SO_REUSEPORT,
+		Mandatory: true,
+	},
+}
+
 type oobMessage struct {
 	Drops    uint32
 	Received time.Time
diff --git a/inlet/flow/input/udp/socket_linux.go b/inlet/flow/input/udp/socket_linux.go
index 63b98ba8..7a631d89 100644
--- a/inlet/flow/input/udp/socket_linux.go
+++ b/inlet/flow/input/udp/socket_linux.go
@@ -15,31 +15,17 @@ import (
 
 var (
 	oobLength        = syscall.CmsgLen(4) + syscall.CmsgLen(16) // uint32 + 2*int64
-	udpSocketOptions = []socketOption{
-		{
-			// Allow multiple listeners to bind to the same IP
-			Name:      "SO_REUSEADDR",
-			Level:     unix.SOL_SOCKET,
-			Option:    unix.SO_REUSEADDR,
-			Mandatory: true,
-		}, {
-			// Allow multiple listeners to bind to the same port
-			Name:      "SO_REUSEPORT",
-			Level:     unix.SOL_SOCKET,
-			Option:    unix.SO_REUSEPORT,
-			Mandatory: true,
-		}, {
-			// Get the number of dropped packets
-			Name:   "SO_RXQ_OVFL",
-			Level:  unix.SOL_SOCKET,
-			Option: unix.SO_RXQ_OVFL,
-		}, {
-			// Ask the kernel to timestamp incoming packets
-			Name:   "SO_TIMESTAMP_NEW",
-			Level:  unix.SOL_SOCKET,
-			Option: unix.SO_TIMESTAMP_NEW | unix.SOF_TIMESTAMPING_RX_SOFTWARE,
-		},
-	}
+	udpSocketOptions = append(commonUDPSocketOptions, socketOption{
+		// Get the number of dropped packets
+		Name:   "SO_RXQ_OVFL",
+		Level:  unix.SOL_SOCKET,
+		Option: unix.SO_RXQ_OVFL,
+	}, socketOption{
+		// Ask the kernel to timestamp incoming packets
+		Name:   "SO_TIMESTAMP_NEW",
+		Level:  unix.SOL_SOCKET,
+		Option: unix.SO_TIMESTAMP_NEW | unix.SOF_TIMESTAMPING_RX_SOFTWARE,
+	})
 )
 
 // parseSocketControlMessage parses b and extract the number of drops
diff --git a/inlet/flow/input/udp/socket_others.go b/inlet/flow/input/udp/socket_others.go
index 7a98dc23..f7d00b72 100644
--- a/inlet/flow/input/udp/socket_others.go
+++ b/inlet/flow/input/udp/socket_others.go
@@ -7,27 +7,11 @@ package udp
 
 import (
 	"errors"
-
-	"golang.org/x/sys/unix"
 )
 
 var (
 	oobLength        = 0
-	udpSocketOptions = []socketOption{
-		{
-			// Allow multiple listeners to bind to the same IP
-			Name:      "SO_REUSEADDR",
-			Level:     unix.SOL_SOCKET,
-			Option:    unix.SO_REUSEADDR,
-			Mandatory: true,
-		}, {
-			// Allow multiple listeners to bind to the same port
-			Name:      "SO_REUSEPORT",
-			Level:     unix.SOL_SOCKET,
-			Option:    unix.SO_REUSEPORT,
-			Mandatory: true,
-		},
-	}
+	udpSocketOptions = commonUDPSocketOptions
 )
 
 // parseSocketControlMessage always returns 0.