diff --git a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
index 18bc130255a7..998aa8c1807c 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/svcsock.c
@@ -1129,9 +1129,9 @@ static int svc_tcp_recvfrom(struct svc_rqst *rqstp)
 	if (len >= 0)
 		svsk->sk_tcplen += len;
 	if (len != want) {
+		svc_tcp_save_pages(svsk, rqstp);
 		if (len < 0 && len != -EAGAIN)
 			goto err_other;
-		svc_tcp_save_pages(svsk, rqstp);
 		dprintk("svc: incomplete TCP record (%d of %d)\n",
 			svsk->sk_tcplen, svsk->sk_reclen);
 		goto err_noclose;