diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/inline_crypto/chtls/chtls_io.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/inline_crypto/chtls/chtls_io.c
index 188d871f6b8cdbf613a50edd09b48aa1fde39b88..c320cc8ca68d61070fdb069316088aae67ba01af 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/inline_crypto/chtls/chtls_io.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/inline_crypto/chtls/chtls_io.c
@@ -1564,8 +1564,10 @@ static int chtls_pt_recvmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len,
 			cerr = put_cmsg(msg, SOL_TLS, TLS_GET_RECORD_TYPE,
 					sizeof(thdr->type), &thdr->type);
 
-			if (cerr && thdr->type != TLS_RECORD_TYPE_DATA)
-				return -EIO;
+			if (cerr && thdr->type != TLS_RECORD_TYPE_DATA) {
+				copied = -EIO;
+				break;
+			}
 			/*  don't send tls header, skip copy */
 			goto skip_copy;
 		}