diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 7651de008502..b6d35cd72a50 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -701,6 +701,9 @@ static ssize_t sock_splice_read(struct file *file, loff_t *ppos,
 {
 	struct socket *sock = file->private_data;
 
+	if (unlikely(!sock->ops->splice_read))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	return sock->ops->splice_read(sock, ppos, pipe, len, flags);
 }