diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
index d593d5b6d4b15edcbb8c378fe81f2d744e32a55e..19aea7cba26efe14edcd2b7d288b289983c8453b 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
@@ -1861,8 +1861,9 @@ static int vsock_connectible_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 			written = transport->stream_enqueue(vsk,
 					msg, len - total_written);
 		}
+
 		if (written < 0) {
-			err = -ENOMEM;
+			err = written;
 			goto out_err;
 		}