diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/inline_crypto/chtls/chtls_io.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/inline_crypto/chtls/chtls_io.c
index 28c6c538032d..9fb5ca6682ea 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/inline_crypto/chtls/chtls_io.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/inline_crypto/chtls/chtls_io.c
@@ -902,9 +902,9 @@ static int chtls_skb_copy_to_page_nocache(struct sock *sk,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int csk_mem_free(struct chtls_dev *cdev, struct sock *sk)
+static bool csk_mem_free(struct chtls_dev *cdev, struct sock *sk)
 {
-	return (cdev->max_host_sndbuf - sk->sk_wmem_queued);
+	return (cdev->max_host_sndbuf - sk->sk_wmem_queued > 0);
 }
 
 static int csk_wait_memory(struct chtls_dev *cdev,