diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c
index 8e905b50dead..a30475afb6f8 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c
@@ -604,7 +604,7 @@ static int tcp_bpf_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t size)
 wait_for_memory:
 		err = sk_stream_wait_memory(sk, &timeo);
 		if (err) {
-			if (msg_tx && msg_tx != psock->cork)
+			if (msg_tx == &tmp)
 				sk_msg_free(sk, msg_tx);
 			goto out_err;
 		}