diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 71b42eef9dbf..d56edc2c885f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -839,7 +839,7 @@ ssize_t tcp_splice_read(struct socket *sock, loff_t *ppos,
 		tss.len -= ret;
 		spliced += ret;
 
-		if (!timeo)
+		if (!tss.len || !timeo)
 			break;
 		release_sock(sk);
 		lock_sock(sk);