diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index f454e66fe2129..abf2534f4e093 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -2403,10 +2403,10 @@ static int tcp_recvmsg_locked(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len,
 			break;
 
 		if (copied) {
-			if (sk->sk_err ||
+			if (!timeo ||
+			    sk->sk_err ||
 			    sk->sk_state == TCP_CLOSE ||
 			    (sk->sk_shutdown & RCV_SHUTDOWN) ||
-			    !timeo ||
 			    signal_pending(current))
 				break;
 		} else {