diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c b/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
index 5c1ecd5bfdbc..91516488a742 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/vmci_transport.c
@@ -980,8 +980,10 @@ static int vmci_transport_recv_listen(struct sock *sk,
 			err = -EINVAL;
 		}
 
-		if (err < 0)
+		if (err < 0) {
 			vsock_remove_pending(sk, pending);
+			sk_acceptq_removed(sk);
+		}
 
 		release_sock(pending);
 		vmci_transport_release_pending(pending);