diff --git a/net/tls/tls_sw.c b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
index 455a782c7658..e2385183526e 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_sw.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
@@ -1958,7 +1958,8 @@ bool tls_sw_stream_read(const struct sock *sk)
 		ingress_empty = list_empty(&psock->ingress_msg);
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
-	return !ingress_empty || ctx->recv_pkt;
+	return !ingress_empty || ctx->recv_pkt ||
+		!skb_queue_empty(&ctx->rx_list);
 }
 
 static int tls_read_size(struct strparser *strp, struct sk_buff *skb)