diff --git a/net/core/datagram.c b/net/core/datagram.c
index 58dfa23d12ca..4fa4011feec1 100644
--- a/net/core/datagram.c
+++ b/net/core/datagram.c
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ int skb_kill_datagram(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned int flags)
 	if (flags & MSG_PEEK) {
 		err = -ENOENT;
 		spin_lock_bh(&sk->sk_receive_queue.lock);
-		if (skb == skb_peek(&sk->sk_receive_queue)) {
+		if (skb->next) {
 			__skb_unlink(skb, &sk->sk_receive_queue);
 			atomic_dec(&skb->users);
 			err = 0;