diff --git a/io_uring/net.c b/io_uring/net.c
index 5662733f5eed..43bc9a5f96f9 100644
--- a/io_uring/net.c
+++ b/io_uring/net.c
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ struct io_sr_msg {
 	unsigned			len;
 	unsigned			done_io;
 	unsigned			msg_flags;
+	unsigned			nr_multishot_loops;
 	u16				flags;
 	/* initialised and used only by !msg send variants */
 	u16				addr_len;
@@ -70,6 +71,13 @@ struct io_sr_msg {
 	struct io_kiocb 		*notif;
 };
 
+/*
+ * Number of times we'll try and do receives if there's more data. If we
+ * exceed this limit, then add us to the back of the queue and retry from
+ * there. This helps fairness between flooding clients.
+ */
+#define MULTISHOT_MAX_RETRY	32
+
 static inline bool io_check_multishot(struct io_kiocb *req,
 				      unsigned int issue_flags)
 {
@@ -611,6 +619,7 @@ int io_recvmsg_prep(struct io_kiocb *req, const struct io_uring_sqe *sqe)
 		sr->msg_flags |= MSG_CMSG_COMPAT;
 #endif
 	sr->done_io = 0;
+	sr->nr_multishot_loops = 0;
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -654,12 +663,20 @@ static inline bool io_recv_finish(struct io_kiocb *req, int *ret,
 	 */
 	if (io_fill_cqe_req_aux(req, issue_flags & IO_URING_F_COMPLETE_DEFER,
 				*ret, cflags | IORING_CQE_F_MORE)) {
+		struct io_sr_msg *sr = io_kiocb_to_cmd(req, struct io_sr_msg);
+		int mshot_retry_ret = IOU_ISSUE_SKIP_COMPLETE;
+
 		io_recv_prep_retry(req);
 		/* Known not-empty or unknown state, retry */
-		if (cflags & IORING_CQE_F_SOCK_NONEMPTY || msg->msg_inq == -1)
-			return false;
+		if (cflags & IORING_CQE_F_SOCK_NONEMPTY || msg->msg_inq == -1) {
+			if (sr->nr_multishot_loops++ < MULTISHOT_MAX_RETRY)
+				return false;
+			/* mshot retries exceeded, force a requeue */
+			sr->nr_multishot_loops = 0;
+			mshot_retry_ret = IOU_REQUEUE;
+		}
 		if (issue_flags & IO_URING_F_MULTISHOT)
-			*ret = IOU_ISSUE_SKIP_COMPLETE;
+			*ret = mshot_retry_ret;
 		else
 			*ret = -EAGAIN;
 		return true;