diff --git a/net/tls/tls_sw.c b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
index a78e8e722409..316f76187962 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_sw.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
@@ -1232,11 +1232,14 @@ void tls_sw_splice_eof(struct socket *sock)
 	lock_sock(sk);
 
 retry:
+	/* same checks as in tls_sw_push_pending_record() */
 	rec = ctx->open_rec;
 	if (!rec)
 		goto unlock;
 
 	msg_pl = &rec->msg_plaintext;
+	if (msg_pl->sg.size == 0)
+		goto unlock;
 
 	/* Check the BPF advisor and perform transmission. */
 	ret = bpf_exec_tx_verdict(msg_pl, sk, false, TLS_RECORD_TYPE_DATA,