diff --git a/net/tls/tls_sw.c b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
index 1644f8baea191..1b08b877a8900 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_sw.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
@@ -459,7 +459,7 @@ static void tls_encrypt_done(struct crypto_async_request *req, int err)
 
 		/* If err is already set on socket, return the same code */
 		if (sk->sk_err) {
-			ctx->async_wait.err = sk->sk_err;
+			ctx->async_wait.err = -sk->sk_err;
 		} else {
 			ctx->async_wait.err = err;
 			tls_err_abort(sk, err);