diff --git a/net/tls/tls_sw.c b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
index fc13234db74a..960494f437ac 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_sw.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
@@ -1719,7 +1719,7 @@ int tls_sw_recvmsg(struct sock *sk,
 	len = len - copied;
 	timeo = sock_rcvtimeo(sk, flags & MSG_DONTWAIT);
 
-	do {
+	while (len && (decrypted + copied < target || ctx->recv_pkt)) {
 		bool retain_skb = false;
 		bool zc = false;
 		int to_decrypt;
@@ -1850,11 +1850,7 @@ pick_next_record:
 		} else {
 			break;
 		}
-
-		/* If we have a new message from strparser, continue now. */
-		if (decrypted + copied >= target && !ctx->recv_pkt)
-			break;
-	} while (len);
+	}
 
 recv_end:
 	if (num_async) {