diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 4d655e945413aadf8a8fb3e75b62f6a946573c14..bce1b068f2a725bb97e06c7ad1839bab8f0e5b66 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -580,10 +580,6 @@ ssize_t tcp_splice_read(struct socket *sock, loff_t *ppos,
 		else if (!ret) {
 			if (spliced)
 				break;
-			if (flags & SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK) {
-				ret = -EAGAIN;
-				break;
-			}
 			if (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DONE))
 				break;
 			if (sk->sk_err) {
@@ -601,6 +597,10 @@ ssize_t tcp_splice_read(struct socket *sock, loff_t *ppos,
 					ret = -ENOTCONN;
 				break;
 			}
+			if (flags & SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK) {
+				ret = -EAGAIN;
+				break;
+			}
 			if (!timeo) {
 				ret = -EAGAIN;
 				break;