struct sk_buff *skb;
 
                unix_state_lock(sk);
-               skb = skb_dequeue(&sk->sk_receive_queue);
+               skb = skb_peek(&sk->sk_receive_queue);
                if (skb == NULL) {
                        unix_sk(sk)->recursion_level = 0;
                        if (copied >= target)
                if (check_creds) {
                        /* Never glue messages from different writers */
                        if ((UNIXCB(skb).pid  != siocb->scm->pid) ||
-                           (UNIXCB(skb).cred != siocb->scm->cred)) {
-                               skb_queue_head(&sk->sk_receive_queue, skb);
-                               sk->sk_data_ready(sk, skb->len);
+                           (UNIXCB(skb).cred != siocb->scm->cred))
                                break;
-                       }
                } else {
                        /* Copy credentials */
                        scm_set_cred(siocb->scm, UNIXCB(skb).pid, UNIXCB(skb).cred);
 
                chunk = min_t(unsigned int, skb->len, size);
                if (memcpy_toiovec(msg->msg_iov, skb->data, chunk)) {
-                       skb_queue_head(&sk->sk_receive_queue, skb);
-                       sk->sk_data_ready(sk, skb->len);
                        if (copied == 0)
                                copied = -EFAULT;
                        break;
                        if (UNIXCB(skb).fp)
                                unix_detach_fds(siocb->scm, skb);
 
-                       /* put the skb back if we didn't use it up.. */
-                       if (skb->len) {
-                               skb_queue_head(&sk->sk_receive_queue, skb);
-                               sk->sk_data_ready(sk, skb->len);
+                       if (skb->len)
                                break;
-                       }
 
+                       skb_unlink(skb, &sk->sk_receive_queue);
                        consume_skb(skb);
 
                        if (siocb->scm->fp)
                        if (UNIXCB(skb).fp)
                                siocb->scm->fp = scm_fp_dup(UNIXCB(skb).fp);
 
-                       /* put message back and return */
-                       skb_queue_head(&sk->sk_receive_queue, skb);
-                       sk->sk_data_ready(sk, skb->len);
                        break;
                }
        } while (size);