diff --git a/include/net/af_vsock.h b/include/net/af_vsock.h
index 74ac8a4c4168..7232f6c42a36 100644
--- a/include/net/af_vsock.h
+++ b/include/net/af_vsock.h
@@ -204,6 +204,8 @@ void vsock_remove_sock(struct vsock_sock *vsk);
 void vsock_for_each_connected_socket(void (*fn)(struct sock *sk));
 int vsock_assign_transport(struct vsock_sock *vsk, struct vsock_sock *psk);
 bool vsock_find_cid(unsigned int cid);
+int vsock_wait_space(struct sock *sk, size_t space, int flags,
+		     struct vsock_transport_send_notify_data *send_data);
 
 /**** TAP ****/
 
diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
index fa0c37f97330..617ffe42693d 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
@@ -1692,6 +1692,65 @@ static int vsock_connectible_getsockopt(struct socket *sock,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+int vsock_wait_space(struct sock *sk, size_t space, int flags,
+		     struct vsock_transport_send_notify_data *send_data)
+{
+	const struct vsock_transport *transport;
+	struct vsock_sock *vsk;
+	long timeout;
+	int err;
+
+	DEFINE_WAIT_FUNC(wait, woken_wake_function);
+
+	vsk = vsock_sk(sk);
+	transport = vsk->transport;
+	timeout = sock_sndtimeo(sk, flags & MSG_DONTWAIT);
+	err = 0;
+
+	add_wait_queue(sk_sleep(sk), &wait);
+
+	while (vsock_stream_has_space(vsk) < space &&
+	       sk->sk_err == 0 &&
+	       !(sk->sk_shutdown & SEND_SHUTDOWN) &&
+	       !(vsk->peer_shutdown & RCV_SHUTDOWN)) {
+
+		/* Don't wait for non-blocking sockets. */
+		if (timeout == 0) {
+			err = -EAGAIN;
+			goto out_err;
+		}
+
+		if (send_data) {
+			err = transport->notify_send_pre_block(vsk, send_data);
+			if (err < 0)
+				goto out_err;
+		}
+
+		release_sock(sk);
+		timeout = wait_woken(&wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE, timeout);
+		lock_sock(sk);
+		if (signal_pending(current)) {
+			err = sock_intr_errno(timeout);
+			goto out_err;
+		} else if (timeout == 0) {
+			err = -EAGAIN;
+			goto out_err;
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (sk->sk_err) {
+		err = -sk->sk_err;
+	} else if ((sk->sk_shutdown & SEND_SHUTDOWN) ||
+		   (vsk->peer_shutdown & RCV_SHUTDOWN)) {
+		err = -EPIPE;
+	}
+
+out_err:
+	remove_wait_queue(sk_sleep(sk), &wait);
+	return err;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(vsock_wait_space);
+
 static int vsock_connectible_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 				     size_t len)
 {
@@ -1699,10 +1758,8 @@ static int vsock_connectible_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 	struct vsock_sock *vsk;
 	const struct vsock_transport *transport;
 	ssize_t total_written;
-	long timeout;
 	int err;
 	struct vsock_transport_send_notify_data send_data;
-	DEFINE_WAIT_FUNC(wait, woken_wake_function);
 
 	sk = sock->sk;
 	vsk = vsock_sk(sk);
@@ -1740,9 +1797,6 @@ static int vsock_connectible_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	/* Wait for room in the produce queue to enqueue our user's data. */
-	timeout = sock_sndtimeo(sk, msg->msg_flags & MSG_DONTWAIT);
-
 	err = transport->notify_send_init(vsk, &send_data);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto out;
@@ -1750,39 +1804,8 @@ static int vsock_connectible_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg,
 	while (total_written < len) {
 		ssize_t written;
 
-		add_wait_queue(sk_sleep(sk), &wait);
-		while (vsock_stream_has_space(vsk) == 0 &&
-		       sk->sk_err == 0 &&
-		       !(sk->sk_shutdown & SEND_SHUTDOWN) &&
-		       !(vsk->peer_shutdown & RCV_SHUTDOWN)) {
-
-			/* Don't wait for non-blocking sockets. */
-			if (timeout == 0) {
-				err = -EAGAIN;
-				remove_wait_queue(sk_sleep(sk), &wait);
-				goto out_err;
-			}
-
-			err = transport->notify_send_pre_block(vsk, &send_data);
-			if (err < 0) {
-				remove_wait_queue(sk_sleep(sk), &wait);
-				goto out_err;
-			}
-
-			release_sock(sk);
-			timeout = wait_woken(&wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE, timeout);
-			lock_sock(sk);
-			if (signal_pending(current)) {
-				err = sock_intr_errno(timeout);
-				remove_wait_queue(sk_sleep(sk), &wait);
-				goto out_err;
-			} else if (timeout == 0) {
-				err = -EAGAIN;
-				remove_wait_queue(sk_sleep(sk), &wait);
-				goto out_err;
-			}
-		}
-		remove_wait_queue(sk_sleep(sk), &wait);
+		if (vsock_wait_space(sk, 1, msg->msg_flags, &send_data))
+			goto out_err;
 
 		/* These checks occur both as part of and after the loop
 		 * conditional since we need to check before and after
