diff --git a/net/core/datagram.c b/net/core/datagram.c
index a21ca8dee5ea..8c2f4489ff8f 100644
--- a/net/core/datagram.c
+++ b/net/core/datagram.c
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ int __sk_queue_drop_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff_head *sk_queue,
 	if (flags & MSG_PEEK) {
 		err = -ENOENT;
 		spin_lock_bh(&sk_queue->lock);
-		if (skb == skb_peek(sk_queue)) {
+		if (skb->next) {
 			__skb_unlink(skb, sk_queue);
 			refcount_dec(&skb->users);
 			if (destructor)