diff --git a/net/core/datagram.c b/net/core/datagram.c
index 28cdb79df74d5..ecbc0f4710895 100644
--- a/net/core/datagram.c
+++ b/net/core/datagram.c
@@ -619,7 +619,7 @@ int __zerocopy_sg_from_iter(struct msghdr *msg, struct sock *sk,
 {
 	int frag;
 
-	if (msg && msg->sg_from_iter)
+	if (msg && msg->msg_ubuf && msg->sg_from_iter)
 		return msg->sg_from_iter(sk, skb, from, length);
 
 	frag = skb_shinfo(skb)->nr_frags;