diff --git a/net/caif/caif_socket.c b/net/caif/caif_socket.c
index 4ec0c80..112ad78 100644
--- a/net/caif/caif_socket.c
+++ b/net/caif/caif_socket.c
@@ -330,6 +330,10 @@
 		release_sock(sk);
 		timeo = schedule_timeout(timeo);
 		lock_sock(sk);
+
+		if (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD))
+			break;
+
 		clear_bit(SOCK_ASYNC_WAITDATA, &sk->sk_socket->flags);
 	}
 
@@ -373,6 +377,10 @@
 		struct sk_buff *skb;
 
 		lock_sock(sk);
+		if (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD)) {
+			err = -ECONNRESET;
+			goto unlock;
+		}
 		skb = skb_dequeue(&sk->sk_receive_queue);
 		caif_check_flow_release(sk);
 
diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index 5266ea7..0643059 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -1880,6 +1880,10 @@
 		unix_state_unlock(sk);
 		timeo = freezable_schedule_timeout(timeo);
 		unix_state_lock(sk);
+
+		if (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD))
+			break;
+
 		clear_bit(SOCK_ASYNC_WAITDATA, &sk->sk_socket->flags);
 	}
 
@@ -1939,6 +1943,10 @@
 		struct sk_buff *skb, *last;
 
 		unix_state_lock(sk);
+		if (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD)) {
+			err = -ECONNRESET;
+			goto unlock;
+		}
 		last = skb = skb_peek(&sk->sk_receive_queue);
 again:
 		if (skb == NULL) {