diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
index 62ec9182f234..c88dc8ee3144 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
@@ -1283,7 +1283,7 @@ static int vsock_accept(struct socket *sock, struct socket *newsock, int flags,
 	/* Wait for children sockets to appear; these are the new sockets
 	 * created upon connection establishment.
 	 */
-	timeout = sock_sndtimeo(listener, flags & O_NONBLOCK);
+	timeout = sock_rcvtimeo(listener, flags & O_NONBLOCK);
 	prepare_to_wait(sk_sleep(listener), &wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 
 	while ((connected = vsock_dequeue_accept(listener)) == NULL &&