diff --git a/include/linux/socket.h b/include/linux/socket.h
index 93d55f205f33f5a106f497be583819bf0bb6cc38..57697da242352020fc2d56b747b85edf6bb0e986 100644
--- a/include/linux/socket.h
+++ b/include/linux/socket.h
@@ -377,6 +377,10 @@ extern int recvmsg_copy_msghdr(struct msghdr *msg,
 			       struct user_msghdr __user *umsg, unsigned flags,
 			       struct sockaddr __user **uaddr,
 			       struct iovec **iov);
+extern int __copy_msghdr_from_user(struct msghdr *kmsg,
+				   struct user_msghdr __user *umsg,
+				   struct sockaddr __user **save_addr,
+				   struct iovec __user **uiov, size_t *nsegs);
 
 /* helpers which do the actual work for syscalls */
 extern int __sys_recvfrom(int fd, void __user *ubuf, size_t size,
diff --git a/include/net/compat.h b/include/net/compat.h
index 4c6d75612b6c725d821068fe6b0dad22d9536f47..2f861518cc894f5da2a719f66f14e884a318f44e 100644
--- a/include/net/compat.h
+++ b/include/net/compat.h
@@ -41,6 +41,9 @@ int compat_sock_get_timestampns(struct sock *, struct timespec __user *);
 #define compat_mmsghdr	mmsghdr
 #endif /* defined(CONFIG_COMPAT) */
 
+int __get_compat_msghdr(struct msghdr *kmsg, struct compat_msghdr __user *umsg,
+			struct sockaddr __user **save_addr, compat_uptr_t *ptr,
+			compat_size_t *len);
 int get_compat_msghdr(struct msghdr *, struct compat_msghdr __user *,
 		      struct sockaddr __user **, struct iovec **);
 struct sock_fprog __user *get_compat_bpf_fprog(char __user *optval);
diff --git a/net/compat.c b/net/compat.c
index 95e7bd345bac7733662b0e1110164f023b6eb545..1219b936cfa2af4f3d733174b0ed7e0ff1570ea9 100644
--- a/net/compat.c
+++ b/net/compat.c
@@ -32,10 +32,10 @@
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <net/compat.h>
 
-int get_compat_msghdr(struct msghdr *kmsg,
-		      struct compat_msghdr __user *umsg,
-		      struct sockaddr __user **save_addr,
-		      struct iovec **iov)
+int __get_compat_msghdr(struct msghdr *kmsg,
+			struct compat_msghdr __user *umsg,
+			struct sockaddr __user **save_addr,
+			compat_uptr_t *ptr, compat_size_t *len)
 {
 	struct compat_msghdr msg;
 	ssize_t err;
@@ -78,10 +78,26 @@ int get_compat_msghdr(struct msghdr *kmsg,
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 
 	kmsg->msg_iocb = NULL;
+	*ptr = msg.msg_iov;
+	*len = msg.msg_iovlen;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+int get_compat_msghdr(struct msghdr *kmsg,
+		      struct compat_msghdr __user *umsg,
+		      struct sockaddr __user **save_addr,
+		      struct iovec **iov)
+{
+	compat_uptr_t ptr;
+	compat_size_t len;
+	ssize_t err;
+
+	err = __get_compat_msghdr(kmsg, umsg, save_addr, &ptr, &len);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 
-	err = compat_import_iovec(save_addr ? READ : WRITE,
-				   compat_ptr(msg.msg_iov), msg.msg_iovlen,
-				   UIO_FASTIOV, iov, &kmsg->msg_iter);
+	err = compat_import_iovec(save_addr ? READ : WRITE, compat_ptr(ptr),
+				   len, UIO_FASTIOV, iov, &kmsg->msg_iter);
 	return err < 0 ? err : 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 83c3462a268e54f5e75d7cd52bbc247adef778b9..aad1b04328a9c0aa1804ac1a8db401805c275719 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -2018,10 +2018,10 @@ struct used_address {
 	unsigned int name_len;
 };
 
-static int copy_msghdr_from_user(struct msghdr *kmsg,
-				 struct user_msghdr __user *umsg,
-				 struct sockaddr __user **save_addr,
-				 struct iovec **iov)
+int __copy_msghdr_from_user(struct msghdr *kmsg,
+			    struct user_msghdr __user *umsg,
+			    struct sockaddr __user **save_addr,
+			    struct iovec __user **uiov, size_t *nsegs)
 {
 	struct user_msghdr msg;
 	ssize_t err;
@@ -2063,6 +2063,23 @@ static int copy_msghdr_from_user(struct msghdr *kmsg,
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 
 	kmsg->msg_iocb = NULL;
+	*uiov = msg.msg_iov;
+	*nsegs = msg.msg_iovlen;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static int copy_msghdr_from_user(struct msghdr *kmsg,
+				 struct user_msghdr __user *umsg,
+				 struct sockaddr __user **save_addr,
+				 struct iovec **iov)
+{
+	struct user_msghdr msg;
+	ssize_t err;
+
+	err = __copy_msghdr_from_user(kmsg, umsg, save_addr, &msg.msg_iov,
+					&msg.msg_iovlen);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 
 	err = import_iovec(save_addr ? READ : WRITE,
 			    msg.msg_iov, msg.msg_iovlen,