diff --git a/net/tls/tls_sw.c b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
index 67c8323b7cd1..a83b6119f382 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_sw.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
@@ -1971,7 +1971,7 @@ int tls_sw_recvmsg(struct sock *sk,
 		goto end;
 
 	copied = err;
-	if (len <= copied)
+	if (len <= copied || (copied && control != TLS_RECORD_TYPE_DATA))
 		goto end;
 
 	target = sock_rcvlowat(sk, flags & MSG_WAITALL, len);