diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 4dce1b418acc..f7795488b0ad 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -1669,11 +1669,13 @@ int tcp_read_sock(struct sock *sk, read_descriptor_t *desc,
 				if (!copied)
 					copied = used;
 				break;
-			} else if (used <= len) {
-				seq += used;
-				copied += used;
-				offset += used;
 			}
+			if (WARN_ON_ONCE(used > len))
+				used = len;
+			seq += used;
+			copied += used;
+			offset += used;
+
 			/* If recv_actor drops the lock (e.g. TCP splice
 			 * receive) the skb pointer might be invalid when
 			 * getting here: tcp_collapse might have deleted it