diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vsock.c b/drivers/vhost/vsock.c
index bb5fc0e9fbc2..7964e2daee09 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vsock.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vsock.c
@@ -320,6 +320,8 @@ vhost_vsock_alloc_pkt(struct vhost_virtqueue *vq,
 		return NULL;
 	}
 
+	pkt->buf_len = pkt->len;
+
 	nbytes = copy_from_iter(pkt->buf, pkt->len, &iov_iter);
 	if (nbytes != pkt->len) {
 		vq_err(vq, "Expected %u byte payload, got %zu bytes\n",
diff --git a/include/linux/virtio_vsock.h b/include/linux/virtio_vsock.h
index e223e2632edd..345f04ee9193 100644
--- a/include/linux/virtio_vsock.h
+++ b/include/linux/virtio_vsock.h
@@ -54,9 +54,17 @@ struct virtio_vsock_pkt {
 	void *buf;
 	u32 len;
 	u32 off;
+	u32 buf_len;
 	bool reply;
 };
 
+struct virtio_vsock_buf {
+	struct list_head list;
+	void *addr;
+	u32 len;
+	u32 off;
+};
+
 struct virtio_vsock_pkt_info {
 	u32 remote_cid, remote_port;
 	struct vsock_sock *vsk;
diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c
index 15eb5d3d4750..af1d2ce12f54 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport.c
@@ -280,6 +280,7 @@ static void virtio_vsock_rx_fill(struct virtio_vsock *vsock)
 			break;
 		}
 
+		pkt->buf_len = buf_len;
 		pkt->len = buf_len;
 
 		sg_init_one(&hdr, &pkt->hdr, sizeof(pkt->hdr));
diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
index 602715fc9a75..0248d6808755 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/virtio_transport_common.c
@@ -65,6 +65,9 @@ virtio_transport_alloc_pkt(struct virtio_vsock_pkt_info *info,
 		pkt->buf = kmalloc(len, GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (!pkt->buf)
 			goto out_pkt;
+
+		pkt->buf_len = len;
+
 		err = memcpy_from_msg(pkt->buf, info->msg, len);
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
@@ -86,6 +89,46 @@ virtio_transport_alloc_pkt(struct virtio_vsock_pkt_info *info,
 	return NULL;
 }
 
+static struct virtio_vsock_buf *
+virtio_transport_alloc_buf(struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt, bool zero_copy)
+{
+	struct virtio_vsock_buf *buf;
+
+	if (pkt->len == 0)
+		return NULL;
+
+	buf = kzalloc(sizeof(*buf), GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!buf)
+		return NULL;
+
+	/* If the buffer in the virtio_vsock_pkt is full, we can move it to
+	 * the new virtio_vsock_buf avoiding the copy, because we are sure that
+	 * we are not use more memory than that counted by the credit mechanism.
+	 */
+	if (zero_copy && pkt->len == pkt->buf_len) {
+		buf->addr = pkt->buf;
+		pkt->buf = NULL;
+	} else {
+		buf->addr = kmalloc(pkt->len, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (!buf->addr) {
+			kfree(buf);
+			return NULL;
+		}
+
+		memcpy(buf->addr, pkt->buf, pkt->len);
+	}
+
+	buf->len = pkt->len;
+
+	return buf;
+}
+
+static void virtio_transport_free_buf(struct virtio_vsock_buf *buf)
+{
+	kfree(buf->addr);
+	kfree(buf);
+}
+
 /* Packet capture */
 static struct sk_buff *virtio_transport_build_skb(void *opaque)
 {
@@ -190,17 +233,15 @@ static int virtio_transport_send_pkt_info(struct vsock_sock *vsk,
 	return virtio_transport_get_ops()->send_pkt(pkt);
 }
 
-static void virtio_transport_inc_rx_pkt(struct virtio_vsock_sock *vvs,
-					struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt)
+static void virtio_transport_inc_rx_pkt(struct virtio_vsock_sock *vvs, u32 len)
 {
-	vvs->rx_bytes += pkt->len;
+	vvs->rx_bytes += len;
 }
 
-static void virtio_transport_dec_rx_pkt(struct virtio_vsock_sock *vvs,
-					struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt)
+static void virtio_transport_dec_rx_pkt(struct virtio_vsock_sock *vvs, u32 len)
 {
-	vvs->rx_bytes -= pkt->len;
-	vvs->fwd_cnt += pkt->len;
+	vvs->rx_bytes -= len;
+	vvs->fwd_cnt += len;
 }
 
 void virtio_transport_inc_tx_pkt(struct virtio_vsock_sock *vvs, struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt)
@@ -254,36 +295,36 @@ virtio_transport_stream_do_dequeue(struct vsock_sock *vsk,
 				   size_t len)
 {
 	struct virtio_vsock_sock *vvs = vsk->trans;
-	struct virtio_vsock_pkt *pkt;
+	struct virtio_vsock_buf *buf;
 	size_t bytes, total = 0;
 	int err = -EFAULT;
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&vvs->rx_lock);
 	while (total < len && !list_empty(&vvs->rx_queue)) {
-		pkt = list_first_entry(&vvs->rx_queue,
-				       struct virtio_vsock_pkt, list);
+		buf = list_first_entry(&vvs->rx_queue,
+				       struct virtio_vsock_buf, list);
 
 		bytes = len - total;
-		if (bytes > pkt->len - pkt->off)
-			bytes = pkt->len - pkt->off;
+		if (bytes > buf->len - buf->off)
+			bytes = buf->len - buf->off;
 
 		/* sk_lock is held by caller so no one else can dequeue.
 		 * Unlock rx_lock since memcpy_to_msg() may sleep.
 		 */
 		spin_unlock_bh(&vvs->rx_lock);
 
-		err = memcpy_to_msg(msg, pkt->buf + pkt->off, bytes);
+		err = memcpy_to_msg(msg, buf->addr + buf->off, bytes);
 		if (err)
 			goto out;
 
 		spin_lock_bh(&vvs->rx_lock);
 
 		total += bytes;
-		pkt->off += bytes;
-		if (pkt->off == pkt->len) {
-			virtio_transport_dec_rx_pkt(vvs, pkt);
-			list_del(&pkt->list);
-			virtio_transport_free_pkt(pkt);
+		buf->off += bytes;
+		if (buf->off == buf->len) {
+			virtio_transport_dec_rx_pkt(vvs, buf->len);
+			list_del(&buf->list);
+			virtio_transport_free_buf(buf);
 		}
 	}
 	spin_unlock_bh(&vvs->rx_lock);
@@ -841,20 +882,24 @@ virtio_transport_recv_connected(struct sock *sk,
 {
 	struct vsock_sock *vsk = vsock_sk(sk);
 	struct virtio_vsock_sock *vvs = vsk->trans;
+	struct virtio_vsock_buf *buf;
 	int err = 0;
 
 	switch (le16_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.op)) {
 	case VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_RW:
 		pkt->len = le32_to_cpu(pkt->hdr.len);
-		pkt->off = 0;
+		buf = virtio_transport_alloc_buf(pkt, true);
 
-		spin_lock_bh(&vvs->rx_lock);
-		virtio_transport_inc_rx_pkt(vvs, pkt);
-		list_add_tail(&pkt->list, &vvs->rx_queue);
-		spin_unlock_bh(&vvs->rx_lock);
+		if (buf) {
+			spin_lock_bh(&vvs->rx_lock);
+			virtio_transport_inc_rx_pkt(vvs, pkt->len);
+			list_add_tail(&buf->list, &vvs->rx_queue);
+			spin_unlock_bh(&vvs->rx_lock);
 
-		sk->sk_data_ready(sk);
-		return err;
+			sk->sk_data_ready(sk);
+		}
+
+		break;
 	case VIRTIO_VSOCK_OP_CREDIT_UPDATE:
 		sk->sk_write_space(sk);
 		break;
