diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index 4a044964da6670..0efb4c7f6704f6 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -770,6 +770,12 @@ ssize_t tcp_splice_read(struct socket *sock, loff_t *ppos,
 				ret = -EAGAIN;
 				break;
 			}
+			/* if __tcp_splice_read() got nothing while we have
+			 * an skb in receive queue, we do not want to loop.
+			 * This might happen with URG data.
+			 */
+			if (!skb_queue_empty(&sk->sk_receive_queue))
+				break;
 			sk_wait_data(sk, &timeo, NULL);
 			if (signal_pending(current)) {
 				ret = sock_intr_errno(timeo);