diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 450f44bb2c8e..0eb7cf1002c1 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -1116,6 +1116,8 @@ int tcp_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg,
 	long timeo;
 	struct task_struct *user_recv = NULL;
 	int copied_early = 0;
+	int available = 0;
+	struct sk_buff *skb;
 
 	lock_sock(sk);
 
@@ -1142,7 +1144,11 @@ int tcp_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg,
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_DMA
 	tp->ucopy.dma_chan = NULL;
 	preempt_disable();
-	if ((len > sysctl_tcp_dma_copybreak) && !(flags & MSG_PEEK) &&
+	skb = skb_peek_tail(&sk->sk_receive_queue);
+	if (skb)
+		available = TCP_SKB_CB(skb)->seq + skb->len - (*seq);
+	if ((available < target) &&
+	    (len > sysctl_tcp_dma_copybreak) && !(flags & MSG_PEEK) &&
 	    !sysctl_tcp_low_latency && __get_cpu_var(softnet_data).net_dma) {
 		preempt_enable_no_resched();
 		tp->ucopy.pinned_list = dma_pin_iovec_pages(msg->msg_iov, len);
@@ -1151,7 +1157,6 @@ int tcp_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg,
 #endif
 
 	do {
-		struct sk_buff *skb;
 		u32 offset;
 
 		/* Are we at urgent data? Stop if we have read anything or have SIGURG pending. */
@@ -1439,7 +1444,6 @@ skip_copy:
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_DMA
 	if (tp->ucopy.dma_chan) {
-		struct sk_buff *skb;
 		dma_cookie_t done, used;
 
 		dma_async_memcpy_issue_pending(tp->ucopy.dma_chan);