diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index 23f2e98d4b654dbd497def51219cbe0806c23cb8..cf0694d4ad60f62be703eaec51db142b9c5c4e29 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -1045,6 +1045,10 @@ static inline bool tcp_prequeue(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (sysctl_tcp_low_latency || !tp->ucopy.task)
 		return false;
 
+	if (skb->len <= tcp_hdrlen(skb) &&
+	    skb_queue_len(&tp->ucopy.prequeue) == 0)
+		return false;
+
 	__skb_queue_tail(&tp->ucopy.prequeue, skb);
 	tp->ucopy.memory += skb->truesize;
 	if (tp->ucopy.memory > sk->sk_rcvbuf) {