diff --git a/net/smc/smc_rx.c b/net/smc/smc_rx.c
index b17a333e9bb0..3e631ae4b6b6 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_rx.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_rx.c
@@ -148,6 +148,8 @@ int smc_rx_recvmsg(struct smc_sock *smc, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len,
 				read_done = sock_intr_errno(timeo);
 				break;
 			}
+			if (!timeo)
+				return -EAGAIN;
 		}
 
 		if (!atomic_read(&conn->bytes_to_rcv)) {