diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c
index 4a619c85daede6983ffbdeb0fa8a5a57e997b838..3d1e1540138440a0c0f6a65aabd888626ad0e384 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c
@@ -27,7 +27,10 @@ static int tcp_bpf_wait_data(struct sock *sk, struct sk_psock *psock,
 			     int flags, long timeo, int *err)
 {
 	DEFINE_WAIT_FUNC(wait, woken_wake_function);
-	int ret;
+	int ret = 0;
+
+	if (!timeo)
+		return ret;
 
 	add_wait_queue(sk_sleep(sk), &wait);
 	sk_set_bit(SOCKWQ_ASYNC_WAITDATA, sk);