diff --git a/net/socket.c b/net/socket.c
index 593826e11a53..334fcc617ef2 100644
--- a/net/socket.c
+++ b/net/socket.c
@@ -853,7 +853,7 @@ 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 generic_file_splice_read(file, ppos, pipe, len, flags);
 
 	return sock->ops->splice_read(sock, ppos, pipe, len, flags);
 }