diff --git a/net/ipv4/udp.c b/net/ipv4/udp.c
index 4002b41cf015..b88456a6b69b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/udp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/udp.c
@@ -1468,7 +1468,7 @@ static int first_packet_length(struct sock *sk)
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&rcvq->lock);
 	skb = __first_packet_length(sk, rcvq, &total);
-	if (!skb && !skb_queue_empty(sk_queue)) {
+	if (!skb && !skb_queue_empty_lockless(sk_queue)) {
 		spin_lock(&sk_queue->lock);
 		skb_queue_splice_tail_init(sk_queue, rcvq);
 		spin_unlock(&sk_queue->lock);
@@ -1543,7 +1543,7 @@ struct sk_buff *__skb_recv_udp(struct sock *sk, unsigned int flags,
 				return skb;
 			}
 
-			if (skb_queue_empty(sk_queue)) {
+			if (skb_queue_empty_lockless(sk_queue)) {
 				spin_unlock_bh(&queue->lock);
 				goto busy_check;
 			}
@@ -1570,7 +1570,7 @@ busy_check:
 				break;
 
 			sk_busy_loop(sk, flags & MSG_DONTWAIT);
-		} while (!skb_queue_empty(sk_queue));
+		} while (!skb_queue_empty_lockless(sk_queue));
 
 		/* sk_queue is empty, reader_queue may contain peeked packets */
 	} while (timeo &&