diff --git a/src/basic/socket-util.c b/src/basic/socket-util.c
index 2aa4daca49b..385c3e4df33 100644
--- a/src/basic/socket-util.c
+++ b/src/basic/socket-util.c
@@ -986,7 +986,7 @@ ssize_t next_datagram_size_fd(int fd) {
 
         l = recv(fd, NULL, 0, MSG_PEEK|MSG_TRUNC);
         if (l < 0) {
-                if (errno == EOPNOTSUPP)
+                if (errno == EOPNOTSUPP || errno == EFAULT)
                         goto fallback;
 
                 return -errno;