diff --git a/net/tls/tls_sw.c b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
index 52fbe727d7c10..e28a6ff25d969 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_sw.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ static int alloc_encrypted_sg(struct sock *sk, int len)
 			 &ctx->sg_encrypted_num_elem,
 			 &ctx->sg_encrypted_size, 0);
 
+	if (rc == -ENOSPC)
+		ctx->sg_encrypted_num_elem = ARRAY_SIZE(ctx->sg_encrypted_data);
+
 	return rc;
 }
 
@@ -138,6 +141,9 @@ static int alloc_plaintext_sg(struct sock *sk, int len)
 			 &ctx->sg_plaintext_num_elem, &ctx->sg_plaintext_size,
 			 tls_ctx->pending_open_record_frags);
 
+	if (rc == -ENOSPC)
+		ctx->sg_plaintext_num_elem = ARRAY_SIZE(ctx->sg_plaintext_data);
+
 	return rc;
 }