diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 6d4f28efe29a..732fc37a4771 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -1778,7 +1778,7 @@ int sk_getsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
 		spin_unlock(&sk->sk_peer_lock);
 
 		if (!peer_pid)
-			return -ESRCH;
+			return -ENODATA;
 
 		pidfd = pidfd_prepare(peer_pid, 0, &pidfd_file);
 		put_pid(peer_pid);