diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp.c b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
index c82dc42f57c6..a4f418592314 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp.c
@@ -4010,11 +4010,11 @@ int do_tcp_getsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level,
 	if (copy_from_sockptr(&len, optlen, sizeof(int)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	len = min_t(unsigned int, len, sizeof(int));
-
 	if (len < 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	len = min_t(unsigned int, len, sizeof(int));
+
 	switch (optname) {
 	case TCP_MAXSEG:
 		val = tp->mss_cache;