diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index c5ddc52cf2b29b7ec0de0c792697ee1edecaca5c..5f77a8e93830bd30cef60e68354bda683c9acc43 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -2244,31 +2244,31 @@ int __sys_recvmmsg(int fd, struct mmsghdr __user *mmsg, unsigned int vlen,
 		cond_resched();
 	}
 
-out_put:
-	fput_light(sock->file, fput_needed);
-
 	if (err == 0)
-		return datagrams;
+		goto out_put;
 
-	if (datagrams != 0) {
+	if (datagrams == 0) {
+		datagrams = err;
+		goto out_put;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * We may return less entries than requested (vlen) if the
+	 * sock is non block and there aren't enough datagrams...
+	 */
+	if (err != -EAGAIN) {
 		/*
-		 * We may return less entries than requested (vlen) if the
-		 * sock is non block and there aren't enough datagrams...
+		 * ... or  if recvmsg returns an error after we
+		 * received some datagrams, where we record the
+		 * error to return on the next call or if the
+		 * app asks about it using getsockopt(SO_ERROR).
 		 */
-		if (err != -EAGAIN) {
-			/*
-			 * ... or  if recvmsg returns an error after we
-			 * received some datagrams, where we record the
-			 * error to return on the next call or if the
-			 * app asks about it using getsockopt(SO_ERROR).
-			 */
-			sock->sk->sk_err = -err;
-		}
-
-		return datagrams;
+		sock->sk->sk_err = -err;
 	}
+out_put:
+	fput_light(sock->file, fput_needed);
 
-	return err;
+	return datagrams;
 }
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE5(recvmmsg, int, fd, struct mmsghdr __user *, mmsg,