diff --git a/net/smc/af_smc.c b/net/smc/af_smc.c
index 5d696b7fb47e..b398d72a7bc3 100644
--- a/net/smc/af_smc.c
+++ b/net/smc/af_smc.c
@@ -1542,16 +1542,14 @@ static int smc_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 {
 	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
 	struct smc_sock *smc;
-	int rc = -EPIPE;
+	int rc;
 
 	smc = smc_sk(sk);
 	lock_sock(sk);
-	if ((sk->sk_state != SMC_ACTIVE) &&
-	    (sk->sk_state != SMC_APPCLOSEWAIT1) &&
-	    (sk->sk_state != SMC_INIT))
-		goto out;
 
+	/* SMC does not support connect with fastopen */
 	if (msg->msg_flags & MSG_FASTOPEN) {
+		/* not connected yet, fallback */
 		if (sk->sk_state == SMC_INIT && !smc->connect_nonblock) {
 			smc_switch_to_fallback(smc);
 			smc->fallback_rsn = SMC_CLC_DECL_OPTUNSUPP;
@@ -1559,6 +1557,11 @@ static int smc_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 			rc = -EINVAL;
 			goto out;
 		}
+	} else if ((sk->sk_state != SMC_ACTIVE) &&
+		   (sk->sk_state != SMC_APPCLOSEWAIT1) &&
+		   (sk->sk_state != SMC_INIT)) {
+		rc = -EPIPE;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
 	if (smc->use_fallback)