diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
index 5f2dda35c980..413407bb646c 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
@@ -2043,7 +2043,7 @@ static int __vsock_stream_recvmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg,
 
 		read = transport->stream_dequeue(vsk, msg, len - copied, flags);
 		if (read < 0) {
-			err = -ENOMEM;
+			err = read;
 			break;
 		}
 
@@ -2094,7 +2094,7 @@ static int __vsock_seqpacket_recvmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg,
 	msg_len = transport->seqpacket_dequeue(vsk, msg, flags);
 
 	if (msg_len < 0) {
-		err = -ENOMEM;
+		err = msg_len;
 		goto out;
 	}
 
diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c b/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
index 36eb16a40745..a5375c97f5b0 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
@@ -1831,10 +1831,17 @@ static ssize_t vmci_transport_stream_dequeue(
 	size_t len,
 	int flags)
 {
+	ssize_t err;
+
 	if (flags & MSG_PEEK)
-		return vmci_qpair_peekv(vmci_trans(vsk)->qpair, msg, len, 0);
+		err = vmci_qpair_peekv(vmci_trans(vsk)->qpair, msg, len, 0);
 	else
-		return vmci_qpair_dequev(vmci_trans(vsk)->qpair, msg, len, 0);
+		err = vmci_qpair_dequev(vmci_trans(vsk)->qpair, msg, len, 0);
+
+	if (err < 0)
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+
+	return err;
 }
 
 static ssize_t vmci_transport_stream_enqueue(
diff --git a/tools/testing/vsock/vsock_test.c b/tools/testing/vsock/vsock_test.c
index 12b97c92fbb2..ac1bd3ac1533 100644
--- a/tools/testing/vsock/vsock_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/vsock/vsock_test.c
@@ -723,7 +723,7 @@ static void test_seqpacket_invalid_rec_buffer_server(const struct test_opts *opt
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 
-	if (errno != ENOMEM) {
+	if (errno != EFAULT) {
 		perror("unexpected errno of 'broken_buf'");
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ static void test_inv_buf_client(const struct test_opts *opts, bool stream)
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}
 
-	if (errno != ENOMEM) {
+	if (errno != EFAULT) {
 		fprintf(stderr, "unexpected recv(2) errno %d\n", errno);
 		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
 	}