diff --git a/net/tls/tls_sw.c b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
index 6f943f0cba8a4..e2b9c55980e25 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_sw.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
@@ -1789,10 +1789,9 @@ int tls_sw_recvmsg(struct sock *sk,
 	if (err < 0) {
 		tls_err_abort(sk, err);
 		goto end;
-	} else {
-		copied = err;
 	}
 
+	copied = err;
 	if (len <= copied)
 		goto end;