diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index f934e7ba5eb8..0061d003752a 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -1934,7 +1934,14 @@ static int unix_dgram_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 	if (flags&MSG_OOB)
 		goto out;
 
-	mutex_lock(&u->readlock);
+	err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&u->readlock);
+	if (unlikely(err)) {
+		/* recvmsg() in non blocking mode is supposed to return -EAGAIN
+		 * sk_rcvtimeo is not honored by mutex_lock_interruptible()
+		 */
+		err = noblock ? -EAGAIN : -ERESTARTSYS;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	skip = sk_peek_offset(sk, flags);
 
@@ -2083,14 +2090,7 @@ static int unix_stream_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 		memset(&tmp_scm, 0, sizeof(tmp_scm));
 	}
 
-	err = mutex_lock_interruptible(&u->readlock);
-	if (unlikely(err)) {
-		/* recvmsg() in non blocking mode is supposed to return -EAGAIN
-		 * sk_rcvtimeo is not honored by mutex_lock_interruptible()
-		 */
-		err = noblock ? -EAGAIN : -ERESTARTSYS;
-		goto out;
-	}
+	mutex_lock(&u->readlock);
 
 	do {
 		int chunk;