diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
index d68eba481291..e67613e4eb18 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
@@ -1026,7 +1026,7 @@ svc_tcp_recvfrom(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	} else {
 		printk(KERN_NOTICE "%s: recvfrom returned errno %d\n",
 					svsk->sk_server->sv_name, -len);
-		svc_sock_received(svsk);
+		goto err_delete;
 	}
 
 	return len;