diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index cd3c7e9..450f44b 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -1064,7 +1064,11 @@
 					break;
 			}
 			used = recv_actor(desc, skb, offset, len);
-			if (used <= len) {
+			if (used < 0) {
+				if (!copied)
+					copied = used;
+				break;
+			} else if (used <= len) {
 				seq += used;
 				copied += used;
 				offset += used;
@@ -1086,7 +1090,7 @@
 	tcp_rcv_space_adjust(sk);
 
 	/* Clean up data we have read: This will do ACK frames. */
-	if (copied)
+	if (copied > 0)
 		tcp_cleanup_rbuf(sk, copied);
 	return copied;
 }