diff --git a/include/net/tcp.h b/include/net/tcp.h
index cce285f70c8e..7cf1b4972c66 100644
--- a/include/net/tcp.h
+++ b/include/net/tcp.h
@@ -1401,6 +1401,19 @@ static inline int tcp_full_space(const struct sock *sk)
 	return tcp_win_from_space(sk, READ_ONCE(sk->sk_rcvbuf));
 }
 
+/* We provision sk_rcvbuf around 200% of sk_rcvlowat.
+ * If 87.5 % (7/8) of the space has been consumed, we want to override
+ * SO_RCVLOWAT constraint, since we are receiving skbs with too small
+ * len/truesize ratio.
+ */
+static inline bool tcp_rmem_pressure(const struct sock *sk)
+{
+	int rcvbuf = READ_ONCE(sk->sk_rcvbuf);
+	int threshold = rcvbuf - (rcvbuf >> 3);
+
+	return atomic_read(&sk->sk_rmem_alloc) > threshold;
+}
+
 extern void tcp_openreq_init_rwin(struct request_sock *req,
 				  const struct sock *sk_listener,
 				  const struct dst_entry *dst);
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 83829764773b..2a658c2c8903 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -477,9 +477,17 @@ static void tcp_tx_timestamp(struct sock *sk, u16 tsflags)
 static inline bool tcp_stream_is_readable(const struct tcp_sock *tp,
 					  int target, struct sock *sk)
 {
-	return (READ_ONCE(tp->rcv_nxt) - READ_ONCE(tp->copied_seq) >= target) ||
-		(sk->sk_prot->stream_memory_read ?
-		sk->sk_prot->stream_memory_read(sk) : false);
+	int avail = READ_ONCE(tp->rcv_nxt) - READ_ONCE(tp->copied_seq);
+
+	if (avail > 0) {
+		if (avail >= target)
+			return true;
+		if (tcp_rmem_pressure(sk))
+			return true;
+	}
+	if (sk->sk_prot->stream_memory_read)
+		return sk->sk_prot->stream_memory_read(sk);
+	return false;
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 5af22c9712a6..677facbeed26 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -4751,7 +4751,8 @@ void tcp_data_ready(struct sock *sk)
 	const struct tcp_sock *tp = tcp_sk(sk);
 	int avail = tp->rcv_nxt - tp->copied_seq;
 
-	if (avail < sk->sk_rcvlowat && !sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DONE))
+	if (avail < sk->sk_rcvlowat && !tcp_rmem_pressure(sk) &&
+	    !sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DONE))
 		return;
 
 	sk->sk_data_ready(sk);