diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c
index eaf2308c355a6ed9f9ecafc660f296fbbd1ea698..ddb1730cdf9b5e369e3a123244b29916719cefda 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c
@@ -273,6 +273,9 @@ static int tcp_bpf_recvmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len,
 	if (unlikely(flags & MSG_ERRQUEUE))
 		return inet_recv_error(sk, msg, len, addr_len);
 
+	if (!len)
+		return 0;
+
 	psock = sk_psock_get(sk);
 	if (unlikely(!psock))
 		return tcp_recvmsg(sk, msg, len, nonblock, flags, addr_len);