diff --git a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
index 9b71479a2b29..44cee7451955 100644
--- a/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
+++ b/net/vmw_vsock/af_vsock.c
@@ -2543,6 +2543,35 @@ out:
 	return err;
 }
 
+/* Bytes a following receive can consume, 1 if it would only see EOF, or -1
+ * if the transport cannot tell.
+ *
+ * Called under the socket lock after a nonnegative stream receive, so a NULL
+ * transport implies SOCK_DONE.
+ */
+static int vsock_stream_inq_hint(struct sock *sk)
+{
+	struct vsock_sock *vsk = vsock_sk(sk);
+	s64 data;
+
+	if ((sk->sk_shutdown & RCV_SHUTDOWN) || !vsk->transport ||
+	    (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DONE) && sk->sk_state != TCP_ESTABLISHED))
+		return 1;
+
+	data = vsock_stream_has_data(vsk);
+	if (data < 0)
+		return -1;
+	if (data > 0)
+		return min_t(s64, data, INT_MAX);
+
+	/* Empty but finished: keep the caller reading so it sees EOF. */
+	if (sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DONE) ||
+	    (READ_ONCE(vsk->peer_shutdown) & SEND_SHUTDOWN))
+		return 1;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 int
 __vsock_connectible_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len,
 			    int flags)
@@ -2606,6 +2635,12 @@ __vsock_connectible_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len,
 		err = __vsock_seqpacket_recvmsg(sk, msg, len, flags);
 
 out:
+	/* Seqpacket has_data counts messages, while io_uring treats msg_inq as
+	 * a byte length when sizing retries, so only streams report a hint.
+	 */
+	if (msg->msg_get_inq && err >= 0 && sk->sk_type == SOCK_STREAM)
+		msg->msg_inq = vsock_stream_inq_hint(sk);
+
 	release_sock(sk);
 	return err;
 }