diff --git a/net/tls/tls_sw.c b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
index 7b1af8b59cd2..29b27858fff1 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_sw.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
@@ -935,10 +935,12 @@ int tls_sw_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t size)
 				    tls_ctx->tx.overhead_size);
 		}
 
-		ret = sk_msg_memcopy_from_iter(sk, &msg->msg_iter, msg_pl,
-					       try_to_copy);
-		if (ret < 0)
-			goto trim_sgl;
+		if (try_to_copy) {
+			ret = sk_msg_memcopy_from_iter(sk, &msg->msg_iter,
+						       msg_pl, try_to_copy);
+			if (ret < 0)
+				goto trim_sgl;
+		}
 
 		/* Open records defined only if successfully copied, otherwise
 		 * we would trim the sg but not reset the open record frags.