diff --git a/net/tls/tls_sw.c b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
index 319735d5c084..cf715e124805 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_sw.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
@@ -979,7 +979,7 @@ alloc_encrypted:
 					num_async++;
 				else if (ret == -ENOMEM)
 					goto wait_for_memory;
-				else if (ret == -ENOSPC)
+				else if (ctx->open_rec && ret == -ENOSPC)
 					goto rollback_iter;
 				else if (ret != -EAGAIN)
 					goto send_end;
@@ -1048,11 +1048,12 @@ wait_for_memory:
 		ret = sk_stream_wait_memory(sk, &timeo);
 		if (ret) {
 trim_sgl:
-			tls_trim_both_msgs(sk, orig_size);
+			if (ctx->open_rec)
+				tls_trim_both_msgs(sk, orig_size);
 			goto send_end;
 		}
 
-		if (msg_en->sg.size < required_size)
+		if (ctx->open_rec && msg_en->sg.size < required_size)
 			goto alloc_encrypted;
 	}
 
@@ -1185,11 +1186,13 @@ wait_for_sndbuf:
 wait_for_memory:
 		ret = sk_stream_wait_memory(sk, &timeo);
 		if (ret) {
-			tls_trim_both_msgs(sk, msg_pl->sg.size);
+			if (ctx->open_rec)
+				tls_trim_both_msgs(sk, msg_pl->sg.size);
 			goto sendpage_end;
 		}
 
-		goto alloc_payload;
+		if (ctx->open_rec)
+			goto alloc_payload;
 	}
 
 	if (num_async) {