diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/tls.c b/tools/testing/selftests/net/tls.c
index c6eda21cefb6b8..f27a12d2a2c997 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/tls.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/tls.c
@@ -1615,6 +1615,40 @@ TEST_F(tls, getsockopt)
 	EXPECT_EQ(errno, EINVAL);
 }
 
+TEST_F(tls, recv_efault)
+{
+	char *rec1 = "1111111111";
+	char *rec2 = "2222222222";
+	struct msghdr hdr = {};
+	struct iovec iov[2];
+	char recv_mem[12];
+	int ret;
+
+	if (self->notls)
+		SKIP(return, "no TLS support");
+
+	EXPECT_EQ(send(self->fd, rec1, 10, 0), 10);
+	EXPECT_EQ(send(self->fd, rec2, 10, 0), 10);
+
+	iov[0].iov_base = recv_mem;
+	iov[0].iov_len = sizeof(recv_mem);
+	iov[1].iov_base = NULL; /* broken iov to make process_rx_list fail */
+	iov[1].iov_len = 1;
+
+	hdr.msg_iovlen = 2;
+	hdr.msg_iov = iov;
+
+	EXPECT_EQ(recv(self->cfd, recv_mem, 1, 0), 1);
+	EXPECT_EQ(recv_mem[0], rec1[0]);
+
+	ret = recvmsg(self->cfd, &hdr, 0);
+	EXPECT_LE(ret, sizeof(recv_mem));
+	EXPECT_GE(ret, 9);
+	EXPECT_EQ(memcmp(rec1, recv_mem, 9), 0);
+	if (ret > 9)
+		EXPECT_EQ(memcmp(rec2, recv_mem + 9, ret - 9), 0);
+}
+
 FIXTURE(tls_err)
 {
 	int fd, cfd;