diff --git a/include/net/tls.h b/include/net/tls.h
index 43891b28fc48..745b3bc6ce91 100644
--- a/include/net/tls.h
+++ b/include/net/tls.h
@@ -359,6 +359,7 @@ int tls_sk_query(struct sock *sk, int optname, char __user *optval,
 		int __user *optlen);
 int tls_sk_attach(struct sock *sk, int optname, char __user *optval,
 		  unsigned int optlen);
+void tls_err_abort(struct sock *sk, int err);
 
 int tls_set_sw_offload(struct sock *sk, struct tls_context *ctx, int tx);
 void tls_sw_strparser_arm(struct sock *sk, struct tls_context *ctx);
@@ -467,12 +468,6 @@ static inline bool tls_is_sk_tx_device_offloaded(struct sock *sk)
 #endif
 }
 
-static inline void tls_err_abort(struct sock *sk, int err)
-{
-	sk->sk_err = err;
-	sk->sk_error_report(sk);
-}
-
 static inline bool tls_bigint_increment(unsigned char *seq, int len)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -513,7 +508,7 @@ static inline void tls_advance_record_sn(struct sock *sk,
 					 struct cipher_context *ctx)
 {
 	if (tls_bigint_increment(ctx->rec_seq, prot->rec_seq_size))
-		tls_err_abort(sk, EBADMSG);
+		tls_err_abort(sk, -EBADMSG);
 
 	if (prot->version != TLS_1_3_VERSION)
 		tls_bigint_increment(ctx->iv + TLS_CIPHER_AES_GCM_128_SALT_SIZE,
diff --git a/net/tls/tls_sw.c b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
index 15395683b8e2..eda1a5d0ef0c 100644
--- a/net/tls/tls_sw.c
+++ b/net/tls/tls_sw.c
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@
  * SOFTWARE.
  */
 
+#include <linux/bug.h>
 #include <linux/sched/signal.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/splice.h>
@@ -43,6 +44,14 @@
 #include <net/strparser.h>
 #include <net/tls.h>
 
+noinline void tls_err_abort(struct sock *sk, int err)
+{
+	WARN_ON_ONCE(err >= 0);
+	/* sk->sk_err should contain a positive error code. */
+	sk->sk_err = -err;
+	sk->sk_error_report(sk);
+}
+
 static int __skb_nsg(struct sk_buff *skb, int offset, int len,
                      unsigned int recursion_level)
 {
@@ -419,7 +428,7 @@ int tls_tx_records(struct sock *sk, int flags)
 
 tx_err:
 	if (rc < 0 && rc != -EAGAIN)
-		tls_err_abort(sk, EBADMSG);
+		tls_err_abort(sk, -EBADMSG);
 
 	return rc;
 }
@@ -764,7 +773,7 @@ static int tls_push_record(struct sock *sk, int flags,
 			       msg_pl->sg.size + prot->tail_size, i);
 	if (rc < 0) {
 		if (rc != -EINPROGRESS) {
-			tls_err_abort(sk, EBADMSG);
+			tls_err_abort(sk, -EBADMSG);
 			if (split) {
 				tls_ctx->pending_open_record_frags = true;
 				tls_merge_open_record(sk, rec, tmp, orig_end);
@@ -1828,7 +1837,7 @@ int tls_sw_recvmsg(struct sock *sk,
 		err = decrypt_skb_update(sk, skb, &msg->msg_iter,
 					 &chunk, &zc, async_capable);
 		if (err < 0 && err != -EINPROGRESS) {
-			tls_err_abort(sk, EBADMSG);
+			tls_err_abort(sk, -EBADMSG);
 			goto recv_end;
 		}
 
@@ -2008,7 +2017,7 @@ ssize_t tls_sw_splice_read(struct socket *sock,  loff_t *ppos,
 		}
 
 		if (err < 0) {
-			tls_err_abort(sk, EBADMSG);
+			tls_err_abort(sk, -EBADMSG);
 			goto splice_read_end;
 		}
 		ctx->decrypted = 1;