diff --git a/net/iucv/af_iucv.c b/net/iucv/af_iucv.c
index 95e38d3d2d74..f0dea1b8ed4b 100644
--- a/net/iucv/af_iucv.c
+++ b/net/iucv/af_iucv.c
@@ -965,7 +965,6 @@ static int iucv_sock_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	int noblock = flags & MSG_DONTWAIT;
 	struct sock *sk = sock->sk;
 	struct iucv_sock *iucv = iucv_sk(sk);
-	int target;
 	unsigned int copied, rlen;
 	struct sk_buff *skb, *rskb, *cskb;
 	int err = 0;
@@ -979,8 +978,6 @@ static int iucv_sock_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	if (flags & (MSG_OOB))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	target = sock_rcvlowat(sk, flags & MSG_WAITALL, len);
-
 	skb = skb_recv_datagram(sk, flags, noblock, &err);
 	if (!skb) {
 		if (sk->sk_shutdown & RCV_SHUTDOWN)
@@ -993,10 +990,9 @@ static int iucv_sock_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 
 	cskb = skb;
 	if (memcpy_toiovec(msg->msg_iov, cskb->data, copied)) {
-		skb_queue_head(&sk->sk_receive_queue, skb);
-		if (copied == 0)
-			return -EFAULT;
-		goto done;
+		if (!(flags & MSG_PEEK))
+			skb_queue_head(&sk->sk_receive_queue, skb);
+		return -EFAULT;
 	}
 
 	/* SOCK_SEQPACKET: set MSG_TRUNC if recv buf size is too small */