diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 73dc69f9681e..6bbccf05854f 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -2197,8 +2197,10 @@ int __sys_recvmmsg(int fd, struct mmsghdr __user *mmsg, unsigned int vlen,
 		return err;
 
 	err = sock_error(sock->sk);
-	if (err)
+	if (err) {
+		datagrams = err;
 		goto out_put;
+	}
 
 	entry = mmsg;
 	compat_entry = (struct compat_mmsghdr __user *)mmsg;