diff --git a/net/rds/recv.c b/net/rds/recv.c
index 5c6e9f132026..9f0f17cf6bf9 100644
--- a/net/rds/recv.c
+++ b/net/rds/recv.c
@@ -410,6 +410,8 @@ int rds_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 
 	rdsdebug("size %zu flags 0x%x timeo %ld\n", size, msg_flags, timeo);
 
+	msg->msg_namelen = 0;
+
 	if (msg_flags & MSG_OOB)
 		goto out;
 
@@ -485,6 +487,7 @@ int rds_recvmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 			sin->sin_port = inc->i_hdr.h_sport;
 			sin->sin_addr.s_addr = inc->i_saddr;
 			memset(sin->sin_zero, 0, sizeof(sin->sin_zero));
+			msg->msg_namelen = sizeof(*sin);
 		}
 		break;
 	}