diff --git a/include/net/scm.h b/include/net/scm.h
index c5bcdf65f55c9..e8c76b4be2fe7 100644
--- a/include/net/scm.h
+++ b/include/net/scm.h
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
 #include <linux/pid.h>
 #include <linux/nsproxy.h>
 #include <linux/sched/signal.h>
+#include <net/compat.h>
 
 /* Well, we should have at least one descriptor open
  * to accept passed FDs 8)
@@ -123,14 +124,17 @@ static inline bool scm_has_secdata(struct socket *sock)
 static __inline__ void scm_pidfd_recv(struct msghdr *msg, struct scm_cookie *scm)
 {
 	struct file *pidfd_file = NULL;
-	int pidfd;
+	int len, pidfd;
 
-	/*
-	 * put_cmsg() doesn't return an error if CMSG is truncated,
+	/* put_cmsg() doesn't return an error if CMSG is truncated,
 	 * that's why we need to opencode these checks here.
 	 */
-	if ((msg->msg_controllen <= sizeof(struct cmsghdr)) ||
-	    (msg->msg_controllen - sizeof(struct cmsghdr)) < sizeof(int)) {
+	if (msg->msg_flags & MSG_CMSG_COMPAT)
+		len = sizeof(struct compat_cmsghdr) + sizeof(int);
+	else
+		len = sizeof(struct cmsghdr) + sizeof(int);
+
+	if (msg->msg_controllen < len) {
 		msg->msg_flags |= MSG_CTRUNC;
 		return;
 	}