diff --git a/net/unix/af_unix.c b/net/unix/af_unix.c
index e2d787ca3e74..1cbf36ea043b 100644
--- a/net/unix/af_unix.c
+++ b/net/unix/af_unix.c
@@ -3323,6 +3323,9 @@ static int unix_ioctl(struct socket *sock, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 			struct sk_buff *skb;
 			int answ = 0;
 
+			if (sk->sk_type != SOCK_STREAM)
+				return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
 			mutex_lock(&u->iolock);
 
 			skb = skb_peek(&sk->sk_receive_queue);