diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index efb706e1d1c0..ac011b97097d 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -1914,8 +1914,10 @@ static int unix_dgram_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
-	wake_up_interruptible_sync_poll(&u->peer_wait,
-					POLLOUT | POLLWRNORM | POLLWRBAND);
+	if (wq_has_sleeper(&u->peer_wait))
+		wake_up_interruptible_sync_poll(&u->peer_wait,
+						POLLOUT | POLLWRNORM |
+						POLLWRBAND);
 
 	if (msg->msg_name)
 		unix_copy_addr(msg, skb->sk);