diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
index b7d435c3f19e..7a3e4bfd895d 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
@@ -965,7 +965,6 @@ static int svc_tcp_recv_record(struct svc_sock *svsk, struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 		goto err_again;	/* record not complete */
 	}
 	len = svsk->sk_reclen;
-	set_bit(XPT_DATA, &svsk->sk_xprt.xpt_flags);
 
 	return len;
  error:
@@ -1115,6 +1114,10 @@ out:
 	/* Reset TCP read info */
 	svsk->sk_reclen = 0;
 	svsk->sk_tcplen = 0;
+	/* If we have more data, signal svc_xprt_enqueue() to try again */
+	if (svc_recv_available(svsk) > sizeof(rpc_fraghdr))
+		set_bit(XPT_DATA, &svsk->sk_xprt.xpt_flags);
+
 
 	svc_xprt_copy_addrs(rqstp, &svsk->sk_xprt);
 	if (serv->sv_stats)