diff --git a/net/smc/smc_tx.c b/net/smc/smc_tx.c
index f0de323d15d6..6c8f09c1ce51 100644
--- a/net/smc/smc_tx.c
+++ b/net/smc/smc_tx.c
@@ -76,13 +76,11 @@ static int smc_tx_wait(struct smc_sock *smc, int flags)
 	DEFINE_WAIT_FUNC(wait, woken_wake_function);
 	struct smc_connection *conn = &smc->conn;
 	struct sock *sk = &smc->sk;
-	bool noblock;
 	long timeo;
 	int rc = 0;
 
 	/* similar to sk_stream_wait_memory */
 	timeo = sock_sndtimeo(sk, flags & MSG_DONTWAIT);
-	noblock = timeo ? false : true;
 	add_wait_queue(sk_sleep(sk), &wait);
 	while (1) {
 		sk_set_bit(SOCKWQ_ASYNC_NOSPACE, sk);
@@ -97,8 +95,8 @@ static int smc_tx_wait(struct smc_sock *smc, int flags)
 			break;
 		}
 		if (!timeo) {
-			if (noblock)
-				set_bit(SOCK_NOSPACE, &sk->sk_socket->flags);
+			/* ensure EPOLLOUT is subsequently generated */
+			set_bit(SOCK_NOSPACE, &sk->sk_socket->flags);
 			rc = -EAGAIN;
 			break;
 		}