diff --git a/net/core/skbuff.c b/net/core/skbuff.c
index c996c09d095f..b2c807f67aba 100644
--- a/net/core/skbuff.c
+++ b/net/core/skbuff.c
@@ -939,9 +939,6 @@ struct ubuf_info *sock_zerocopy_alloc(struct sock *sk, size_t size)
 
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(!in_task());
 
-	if (!sock_flag(sk, SOCK_ZEROCOPY))
-		return NULL;
-
 	skb = sock_omalloc(sk, 0, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!skb)
 		return NULL;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index b8af2fec5ad5..10c6246396cc 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ int tcp_sendmsg_locked(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t size)
 
 	flags = msg->msg_flags;
 
-	if (flags & MSG_ZEROCOPY && size) {
+	if (flags & MSG_ZEROCOPY && size && sock_flag(sk, SOCK_ZEROCOPY)) {
 		if (sk->sk_state != TCP_ESTABLISHED) {
 			err = -EINVAL;
 			goto out_err;