diff --git a/net/tipc/topsrv.c b/net/tipc/topsrv.c
index 35558656fe02fa28f304dd42372d172e0fd3ae71..41f4464ac6cc5b5f04c278574a7bd6c47e4646eb 100644
--- a/net/tipc/topsrv.c
+++ b/net/tipc/topsrv.c
@@ -409,10 +409,11 @@ static int tipc_conn_rcv_from_sock(struct tipc_conn *con)
 		read_lock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
 		ret = tipc_conn_rcv_sub(srv, con, &s);
 		read_unlock_bh(&sk->sk_callback_lock);
+		if (!ret)
+			return 0;
 	}
-	if (ret < 0)
-		tipc_conn_close(con);
 
+	tipc_conn_close(con);
 	return ret;
 }