return -ENOMEM;
 }
 
-static int smc_rx_data_available_and_no_splice_pend(struct smc_connection *conn)
+static int smc_rx_data_available_and_no_splice_pend(struct smc_connection *conn, size_t peeked)
 {
-       return atomic_read(&conn->bytes_to_rcv) &&
+       return smc_rx_data_available(conn, peeked) &&
               !atomic_read(&conn->splice_pending);
 }
 
 /* blocks rcvbuf consumer until >=len bytes available or timeout or interrupted
  *   @smc    smc socket
  *   @timeo  pointer to max seconds to wait, pointer to value 0 for no timeout
+ *   @peeked  number of bytes already peeked
  *   @fcrit  add'l criterion to evaluate as function pointer
  * Returns:
  * 1 if at least 1 byte available in rcvbuf or if socket error/shutdown.
  * 0 otherwise (nothing in rcvbuf nor timeout, e.g. interrupted).
  */
-int smc_rx_wait(struct smc_sock *smc, long *timeo,
-               int (*fcrit)(struct smc_connection *conn))
+int smc_rx_wait(struct smc_sock *smc, long *timeo, size_t peeked,
+               int (*fcrit)(struct smc_connection *conn, size_t baseline))
 {
        DEFINE_WAIT_FUNC(wait, woken_wake_function);
        struct smc_connection *conn = &smc->conn;
        struct sock *sk = &smc->sk;
        int rc;
 
-       if (fcrit(conn))
+       if (fcrit(conn, peeked))
                return 1;
        sk_set_bit(SOCKWQ_ASYNC_WAITDATA, sk);
        add_wait_queue(sk_sleep(sk), &wait);
                           cflags->peer_conn_abort ||
                           READ_ONCE(sk->sk_shutdown) & RCV_SHUTDOWN ||
                           conn->killed ||
-                          fcrit(conn),
+                          fcrit(conn, peeked),
                           &wait);
        remove_wait_queue(sk_sleep(sk), &wait);
        sk_clear_bit(SOCKWQ_ASYNC_WAITDATA, sk);
        return -EAGAIN;
 }
 
-static bool smc_rx_recvmsg_data_available(struct smc_sock *smc)
+static bool smc_rx_recvmsg_data_available(struct smc_sock *smc, size_t peeked)
 {
        struct smc_connection *conn = &smc->conn;
 
-       if (smc_rx_data_available(conn))
+       if (smc_rx_data_available(conn, peeked))
                return true;
        else if (conn->urg_state == SMC_URG_VALID)
                /* we received a single urgent Byte - skip */
 int smc_rx_recvmsg(struct smc_sock *smc, struct msghdr *msg,
                   struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, size_t len, int flags)
 {
-       size_t copylen, read_done = 0, read_remaining = len;
+       size_t copylen, read_done = 0, read_remaining = len, peeked_bytes = 0;
        size_t chunk_len, chunk_off, chunk_len_sum;
        struct smc_connection *conn = &smc->conn;
-       int (*func)(struct smc_connection *conn);
+       int (*func)(struct smc_connection *conn, size_t baseline);
        union smc_host_cursor cons;
        int readable, chunk;
        char *rcvbuf_base;
                if (conn->killed)
                        break;
 
-               if (smc_rx_recvmsg_data_available(smc))
+               if (smc_rx_recvmsg_data_available(smc, peeked_bytes))
                        goto copy;
 
                if (sk->sk_shutdown & RCV_SHUTDOWN) {
                        /* smc_cdc_msg_recv_action() could have run after
                         * above smc_rx_recvmsg_data_available()
                         */
-                       if (smc_rx_recvmsg_data_available(smc))
+                       if (smc_rx_recvmsg_data_available(smc, peeked_bytes))
                                goto copy;
                        break;
                }
                        }
                }
 
-               if (!smc_rx_data_available(conn)) {
-                       smc_rx_wait(smc, &timeo, smc_rx_data_available);
+               if (!smc_rx_data_available(conn, peeked_bytes)) {
+                       smc_rx_wait(smc, &timeo, peeked_bytes, smc_rx_data_available);
                        continue;
                }
 
 copy:
                /* initialize variables for 1st iteration of subsequent loop */
                /* could be just 1 byte, even after waiting on data above */
-               readable = atomic_read(&conn->bytes_to_rcv);
+               readable = smc_rx_data_available(conn, peeked_bytes);
                splbytes = atomic_read(&conn->splice_pending);
                if (!readable || (msg && splbytes)) {
                        if (splbytes)
                                func = smc_rx_data_available_and_no_splice_pend;
                        else
                                func = smc_rx_data_available;
-                       smc_rx_wait(smc, &timeo, func);
+                       smc_rx_wait(smc, &timeo, peeked_bytes, func);
                        continue;
                }
 
                smc_curs_copy(&cons, &conn->local_tx_ctrl.cons, conn);
+               if ((flags & MSG_PEEK) && peeked_bytes)
+                       smc_curs_add(conn->rmb_desc->len, &cons, peeked_bytes);
                /* subsequent splice() calls pick up where previous left */
                if (splbytes)
                        smc_curs_add(conn->rmb_desc->len, &cons, splbytes);
                        }
                        read_remaining -= chunk_len;
                        read_done += chunk_len;
+                       if (flags & MSG_PEEK)
+                               peeked_bytes += chunk_len;
 
                        if (chunk_len_sum == copylen)
                                break; /* either on 1st or 2nd iteration */