diff --git a/ipc/msg.c b/ipc/msg.c
index 245db1140ad6..649853105a5d 100644
--- a/ipc/msg.c
+++ b/ipc/msg.c
@@ -901,6 +901,8 @@ long do_msgrcv(int msqid, void __user *buf, size_t bufsz, long msgtyp, int msgfl
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (msgflg & MSG_COPY) {
+		if ((msgflg & MSG_EXCEPT) || !(msgflg & IPC_NOWAIT))
+			return -EINVAL;
 		copy = prepare_copy(buf, min_t(size_t, bufsz, ns->msg_ctlmax));
 		if (IS_ERR(copy))
 			return PTR_ERR(copy);