1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c b/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
index 1f6508e249ae..5e04d3d96285 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
@@ -1736,6 +1736,8 @@ static int vmci_transport_dgram_dequeue(struct kiocb *kiocb,
         if (flags & MSG_OOB || flags & MSG_ERRQUEUE)
                 return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
+        msg->msg_namelen = 0;
+
         /* Retrieve the head sk_buff from the socket's receive queue. */
         err = 0;
         skb = skb_recv_datagram(&vsk->sk, flags, noblock, &err);
@@ -1768,7 +1770,6 @@ static int vmci_transport_dgram_dequeue(struct kiocb *kiocb,
         if (err)
                 goto out;
 
-        msg->msg_namelen = 0;
         if (msg->msg_name) {
                 struct sockaddr_vm *vm_addr;