diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vsock.c b/drivers/vhost/vsock.c
index 0d067bb4a77d..93eda22fae1e 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vsock.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vsock.c
@@ -375,7 +375,7 @@ vhost_vsock_alloc_skb(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
-	virtio_vsock_skb_rx_put(skb);
+	virtio_vsock_skb_rx_put(skb, payload_len);
 
 	nbytes = copy_from_iter(skb->data, payload_len, &iov_iter);
 	if (nbytes != payload_len) {
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_vsock.h b/include/linux/virtio_vsock.h
index 7e87aeb611a3..ee1e67b906d5 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_vsock.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_vsock.h
@@ -47,14 +47,9 @@ static inline void virtio_vsock_skb_clear_tap_delivered(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	VIRTIO_VSOCK_SKB_CB(skb)->tap_delivered = false;
 }
 
-static inline void virtio_vsock_skb_rx_put(struct sk_buff *skb)
+static inline void virtio_vsock_skb_rx_put(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 len)
 {
-	u32 len;
-
-	len = le32_to_cpu(virtio_vsock_hdr(skb)->len);
-
-	if (len > 0)
-		skb_put(skb, len);
+	skb_put(skb, len);
 }
 
 static inline struct sk_buff *virtio_vsock_alloc_skb(unsigned int size, gfp_t mask)
diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c
index c77b4b03d702..8366ab3ab01b 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c
@@ -571,7 +571,9 @@ static void virtio_transport_rx_work(struct work_struct *work)
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			virtio_vsock_skb_rx_put(skb);
+			if (payload_len)
+				virtio_vsock_skb_rx_put(skb, payload_len);
+
 			virtio_transport_deliver_tap_pkt(skb);
 			virtio_transport_recv_pkt(&virtio_transport, skb);
 		}