diff --git a/include/net/sock.h b/include/net/sock.h
index 982b4ecd187b9393b9470a3da7462bdd878a0e52..0fbae85c6d5556debfed4269a0d4d7abaf1d0b14 100644
--- a/include/net/sock.h
+++ b/include/net/sock.h
@@ -1166,7 +1166,10 @@ static inline int sock_queue_err_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
  
 static inline int sock_error(struct sock *sk)
 {
-	int err = xchg(&sk->sk_err, 0);
+	int err;
+	if (likely(!sk->sk_err))
+		return 0;
+	err = xchg(&sk->sk_err, 0);
 	return -err;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c b/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c
index ea616e3fc98e73f3806a5dc04e9770b6fba38425..fb031fe9be9ed140bce6fdfe6092f3ab6df8ff87 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/af_bluetooth.c
@@ -287,10 +287,9 @@ int bt_sock_wait_state(struct sock *sk, int state, unsigned long timeo)
 		timeo = schedule_timeout(timeo);
 		lock_sock(sk);
 
-		if (sk->sk_err) {
-			err = sock_error(sk);
+		err = sock_error(sk);
+		if (err)
 			break;
-		}
 	}
 	set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 	remove_wait_queue(sk->sk_sleep, &wait);
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/l2cap.c b/net/bluetooth/l2cap.c
index e3bb11ca4235562af24b7748873ef8de5ba1d362..95f33cc7a24eacebcaa4b57c90740bfea52e9fd7 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/l2cap.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/l2cap.c
@@ -767,8 +767,9 @@ static int l2cap_sock_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock, struct ms
 
 	BT_DBG("sock %p, sk %p", sock, sk);
 
-	if (sk->sk_err)
-		return sock_error(sk);
+	err = sock_error(sk);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 
 	if (msg->msg_flags & MSG_OOB)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
diff --git a/net/bluetooth/sco.c b/net/bluetooth/sco.c
index 9cb00dc6c08c6d18b4cf1031a4405e144d1f69c0..648181430699d81e86717e361b9ca5844323acb7 100644
--- a/net/bluetooth/sco.c
+++ b/net/bluetooth/sco.c
@@ -637,8 +637,9 @@ static int sco_sock_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 
 	BT_DBG("sock %p, sk %p", sock, sk);
 
-	if (sk->sk_err)
-		return sock_error(sk);
+	err = sock_error(sk);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 
 	if (msg->msg_flags & MSG_OOB)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
diff --git a/net/core/stream.c b/net/core/stream.c
index 15bfd03e8024e95c9804c20f29d09cd8e5abc985..35e25259fd95712a0145853eeea4f01493ad5599 100644
--- a/net/core/stream.c
+++ b/net/core/stream.c
@@ -55,8 +55,9 @@ int sk_stream_wait_connect(struct sock *sk, long *timeo_p)
 	int done;
 
 	do {
-		if (sk->sk_err)
-			return sock_error(sk);
+		int err = sock_error(sk);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
 		if ((1 << sk->sk_state) & ~(TCPF_SYN_SENT | TCPF_SYN_RECV))
 			return -EPIPE;
 		if (!*timeo_p)
@@ -67,6 +68,7 @@ int sk_stream_wait_connect(struct sock *sk, long *timeo_p)
 		prepare_to_wait(sk->sk_sleep, &wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 		sk->sk_write_pending++;
 		done = sk_wait_event(sk, timeo_p,
+				     !sk->sk_err &&
 				     !((1 << sk->sk_state) & 
 				       ~(TCPF_ESTABLISHED | TCPF_CLOSE_WAIT)));
 		finish_wait(sk->sk_sleep, &wait);
@@ -137,7 +139,9 @@ int sk_stream_wait_memory(struct sock *sk, long *timeo_p)
 
 		set_bit(SOCK_NOSPACE, &sk->sk_socket->flags);
 		sk->sk_write_pending++;
-		sk_wait_event(sk, &current_timeo, sk_stream_memory_free(sk) &&
+		sk_wait_event(sk, &current_timeo, !sk->sk_err && 
+						  !(sk->sk_shutdown & SEND_SHUTDOWN) &&
+						  sk_stream_memory_free(sk) &&
 						  vm_wait);
 		sk->sk_write_pending--;
 
diff --git a/net/irda/af_irda.c b/net/irda/af_irda.c
index 6f92f9c62990ab4854178cc67e72c2a71b2f64f7..f121f7de203261e0467c95adab5bb6fc64a33b8e 100644
--- a/net/irda/af_irda.c
+++ b/net/irda/af_irda.c
@@ -1438,8 +1438,9 @@ static int irda_recvmsg_stream(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 			/*
 			 *	POSIX 1003.1g mandates this order.
 			 */
-			if (sk->sk_err)
-				ret = sock_error(sk);
+			ret = sock_error(sk);
+			if (ret)
+				break;
 			else if (sk->sk_shutdown & RCV_SHUTDOWN)
 				;
 			else if (noblock)
diff --git a/net/llc/af_llc.c b/net/llc/af_llc.c
index c3f0b07834537e3935615e35b7af3078ec975b04..b6d3df5c911c93d3008b177c7f1b7adb91441516 100644
--- a/net/llc/af_llc.c
+++ b/net/llc/af_llc.c
@@ -566,10 +566,9 @@ static int llc_wait_data(struct sock *sk, long timeo)
 		/*
 		 * POSIX 1003.1g mandates this order.
 		 */
-		if (sk->sk_err) {
-			rc = sock_error(sk);
+		rc = sock_error(sk);
+		if (rc)
 			break;
-		}
 		rc = 0;
 		if (sk->sk_shutdown & RCV_SHUTDOWN)
 			break;