diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
index 1db663983587..2c2b13a999ea 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_input.c
@@ -4529,6 +4529,9 @@ int tcp_send_rcvq(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t size)
 	struct tcphdr *th;
 	bool fragstolen;
 
+	if (size == 0)
+		return 0;
+
 	skb = alloc_skb(size + sizeof(*th), sk->sk_allocation);
 	if (!skb)
 		goto err;