diff --git a/net/ax25/af_ax25.c b/net/ax25/af_ax25.c
index 95393bb2760b..4c7030ed8d33 100644
--- a/net/ax25/af_ax25.c
+++ b/net/ax25/af_ax25.c
@@ -1661,9 +1661,12 @@ static int ax25_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t size,
 			int flags)
 {
 	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
-	struct sk_buff *skb;
+	struct sk_buff *skb, *last;
+	struct sk_buff_head *sk_queue;
 	int copied;
 	int err = 0;
+	int off = 0;
+	long timeo;
 
 	lock_sock(sk);
 	/*
@@ -1675,10 +1678,29 @@ static int ax25_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t size,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	/* Now we can treat all alike */
-	skb = skb_recv_datagram(sk, flags, &err);
-	if (skb == NULL)
-		goto out;
+	/*  We need support for non-blocking reads. */
+	sk_queue = &sk->sk_receive_queue;
+	skb = __skb_try_recv_datagram(sk, sk_queue, flags, &off, &err, &last);
+	/* If no packet is available, release_sock(sk) and try again. */
+	if (!skb) {
+		if (err != -EAGAIN)
+			goto out;
+		release_sock(sk);
+		timeo = sock_rcvtimeo(sk, flags & MSG_DONTWAIT);
+		while (timeo && !__skb_wait_for_more_packets(sk, sk_queue, &err,
+							     &timeo, last)) {
+			skb = __skb_try_recv_datagram(sk, sk_queue, flags, &off,
+						      &err, &last);
+			if (skb)
+				break;
+
+			if (err != -EAGAIN)
+				goto done;
+		}
+		if (!skb)
+			goto done;
+		lock_sock(sk);
+	}
 
 	if (!sk_to_ax25(sk)->pidincl)
 		skb_pull(skb, 1);		/* Remove PID */
@@ -1725,6 +1747,7 @@ static int ax25_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t size,
 out:
 	release_sock(sk);
 
+done:
 	return err;
 }