diff --git a/net/smc/af_smc.c b/net/smc/af_smc.c
index f5ea09258ab0..5b932583e407 100644
--- a/net/smc/af_smc.c
+++ b/net/smc/af_smc.c
@@ -263,7 +263,7 @@ static int smc_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *uaddr,
 
 	/* Check if socket is already active */
 	rc = -EINVAL;
-	if (sk->sk_state != SMC_INIT)
+	if (sk->sk_state != SMC_INIT || smc->connect_nonblock)
 		goto out_rel;
 
 	smc->clcsock->sk->sk_reuse = sk->sk_reuse;
@@ -1390,7 +1390,8 @@ static int smc_listen(struct socket *sock, int backlog)
 	lock_sock(sk);
 
 	rc = -EINVAL;
-	if ((sk->sk_state != SMC_INIT) && (sk->sk_state != SMC_LISTEN))
+	if ((sk->sk_state != SMC_INIT && sk->sk_state != SMC_LISTEN) ||
+	    smc->connect_nonblock)
 		goto out;
 
 	rc = 0;
@@ -1518,7 +1519,7 @@ static int smc_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 		goto out;
 
 	if (msg->msg_flags & MSG_FASTOPEN) {
-		if (sk->sk_state == SMC_INIT) {
+		if (sk->sk_state == SMC_INIT && !smc->connect_nonblock) {
 			smc_switch_to_fallback(smc);
 			smc->fallback_rsn = SMC_CLC_DECL_OPTUNSUPP;
 		} else {