diff --git a/include/net/tls.h b/include/net/tls.h
index c06db1eadac2..df950383b8c1 100644
--- a/include/net/tls.h
+++ b/include/net/tls.h
@@ -168,7 +168,7 @@ static inline bool tls_is_pending_open_record(struct tls_context *tls_ctx)
 
 static inline void tls_err_abort(struct sock *sk)
 {
-	sk->sk_err = -EBADMSG;
+	sk->sk_err = EBADMSG;
 	sk->sk_error_report(sk);
 }
 
diff --git a/net/tls/tls_sw.c b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
index f00383a37622..81cc4325682f 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_sw.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ int tls_sw_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t size)
 
 	while (msg_data_left(msg)) {
 		if (sk->sk_err) {
-			ret = sk->sk_err;
+			ret = -sk->sk_err;
 			goto send_end;
 		}
 
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ int tls_sw_sendpage(struct sock *sk, struct page *page,
 		size_t copy, required_size;
 
 		if (sk->sk_err) {
-			ret = sk->sk_err;
+			ret = -sk->sk_err;
 			goto sendpage_end;
 		}