diff --git a/net/tls/tls_sw.c b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
index 57032b7ad023..0d524ef0d8c8 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_sw.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
@@ -1291,6 +1291,12 @@ static struct sk_buff *tls_wait_data(struct sock *sk, struct sk_psock *psock,
 			return NULL;
 		}
 
+		if (!skb_queue_empty(&sk->sk_receive_queue)) {
+			__strp_unpause(&ctx->strp);
+			if (ctx->recv_pkt)
+				return ctx->recv_pkt;
+		}
+
 		if (sk->sk_shutdown & RCV_SHUTDOWN)
 			return NULL;