diff --git a/drivers/crypto/chelsio/chtls/chtls_io.c b/drivers/crypto/chelsio/chtls/chtls_io.c
index eaf5d98e8120..e9573e7f9e80 100644
--- a/drivers/crypto/chelsio/chtls/chtls_io.c
+++ b/drivers/crypto/chelsio/chtls/chtls_io.c
@@ -914,9 +914,9 @@ static int tls_header_read(struct tls_hdr *thdr, struct iov_iter *from)
 	return (__force int)cpu_to_be16(thdr->length);
 }
 
-static int csk_mem_free(struct chtls_dev *cdev, struct sock *sk)
+static bool csk_mem_free(struct chtls_dev *cdev, struct sock *sk)
 {
-	return (cdev->max_host_sndbuf - sk->sk_wmem_queued);
+	return (cdev->max_host_sndbuf - sk->sk_wmem_queued > 0);
 }
 
 static int csk_wait_memory(struct chtls_dev *cdev,