diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c
index f69dcd3c7797a..229fa1f2b3815 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_bpf.c
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ static int tcp_bpf_send_verdict(struct sock *sk, struct sk_psock *psock,
 	bool cork = false, enospc = sk_msg_full(msg);
 	struct sock *sk_redir;
 	u32 tosend, origsize, sent, delta = 0;
-	u32 eval = __SK_NONE;
+	u32 eval;
 	int ret;
 
 more_data:
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ more_data:
 	tosend = msg->sg.size;
 	if (psock->apply_bytes && psock->apply_bytes < tosend)
 		tosend = psock->apply_bytes;
+	eval = __SK_NONE;
 
 	switch (psock->eval) {
 	case __SK_PASS: