diff --git a/net/rpmsg/rpmsg_sockif.c b/net/rpmsg/rpmsg_sockif.c
index 4ff9838204..9931c9903f 100644
--- a/net/rpmsg/rpmsg_sockif.c
+++ b/net/rpmsg/rpmsg_sockif.c
@@ -1301,7 +1301,7 @@ static ssize_t rpmsg_socket_recvmsg(FAR struct socket *psock,
                       _SO_TIMEOUT(conn->sconn.s_rcvtimeo));
   if (!conn->ept.rdev || conn->unbind)
     {
-      ret = -ECONNRESET;
+      ret = 0;
     }
 
   nxmutex_lock(&conn->recvlock);