diff --git a/drivers/crypto/chelsio/chtls/chtls_io.c b/drivers/crypto/chelsio/chtls/chtls_io.c
index e1401d9cc756c..2e9acae1cba3b 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/chelsio/chtls/chtls_io.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/chelsio/chtls/chtls_io.c
@@ -1052,14 +1052,15 @@ int chtls_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t size)
 							  &record_type);
 				if (err)
 					goto out_err;
+
+				/* Avoid appending tls handshake, alert to tls data */
+				if (skb)
+					tx_skb_finalize(skb);
 			}
 
 			recordsz = size;
 			csk->tlshws.txleft = recordsz;
 			csk->tlshws.type = record_type;
-
-			if (skb)
-				ULP_SKB_CB(skb)->ulp.tls.type = record_type;
 		}
 
 		if (!skb || (ULP_SKB_CB(skb)->flags & ULPCB_FLAG_NO_APPEND) ||