diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
index 9b8014516f4f..a678d5d75704 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
@@ -166,12 +166,12 @@ static struct sk_buff *virtio_transport_build_skb(void *opaque)
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	size_t payload_len;
 
-	/* A packet could be split to fit the RX buffer, so we can retrieve
-	 * the payload length from the header and the buffer pointer taking
-	 * care of the offset in the original packet.
+	/* A packet could be split to fit the RX buffer, so we use
+	 * the payload length from the header, which has been updated
+	 * by the sender to reflect the fragment size.
 	 */
 	pkt_hdr = virtio_vsock_hdr(pkt);
-	payload_len = pkt->len;
+	payload_len = le32_to_cpu(pkt_hdr->len);
 
 	skb = alloc_skb(sizeof(*hdr) + sizeof(*pkt_hdr) + payload_len,
 			GFP_ATOMIC);
@@ -219,7 +219,8 @@ static struct sk_buff *virtio_transport_build_skb(void *opaque)
 
 			virtio_transport_copy_nonlinear_skb(pkt, data, payload_len);
 		} else {
-			skb_put_data(skb, pkt->data, payload_len);
+			skb_put_data(skb, pkt->data + VIRTIO_VSOCK_SKB_CB(pkt)->offset,
+				     payload_len);
 		}
 	}