spin_lock_bh(&rcvq->lock);
        skb = __first_packet_length(sk, rcvq, &total);
-       if (!skb && !skb_queue_empty(sk_queue)) {
+       if (!skb && !skb_queue_empty_lockless(sk_queue)) {
                spin_lock(&sk_queue->lock);
                skb_queue_splice_tail_init(sk_queue, rcvq);
                spin_unlock(&sk_queue->lock);
                                return skb;
                        }
 
-                       if (skb_queue_empty(sk_queue)) {
+                       if (skb_queue_empty_lockless(sk_queue)) {
                                spin_unlock_bh(&queue->lock);
                                goto busy_check;
                        }
                                break;
 
                        sk_busy_loop(sk, flags & MSG_DONTWAIT);
-               } while (!skb_queue_empty(sk_queue));
+               } while (!skb_queue_empty_lockless(sk_queue));
 
                /* sk_queue is empty, reader_queue may contain peeked packets */
        } while (timeo &&