diff --git a/sys/kern/uipc_socket.c b/sys/kern/uipc_socket.c
index b70864cbf2a..196461f645c 100644
--- a/sys/kern/uipc_socket.c
+++ b/sys/kern/uipc_socket.c
@@ -2869,7 +2869,7 @@ soreceive_dgram(struct socket *so, struct sockaddr **psa, struct uio *uio,
 		    ("m->m_type == %d", m->m_type));
 		if (psa != NULL)
 			*psa = sodupsockaddr(mtod(m, struct sockaddr *),
-			    M_NOWAIT);
+			    M_WAITOK);
 		m = m_free(m);
 	}
 	KASSERT(m, ("%s: no data or control after soname", __func__));