diff --git a/net/rxrpc/sendmsg.c b/net/rxrpc/sendmsg.c
index 7498a77b5d3970c39c51ee4a520dde50f4215e3d..c1b074c17b33eb053c2561ae443b8232467e1a35 100644
--- a/net/rxrpc/sendmsg.c
+++ b/net/rxrpc/sendmsg.c
@@ -656,10 +656,13 @@ int rxrpc_do_sendmsg(struct rxrpc_sock *rx, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 			goto out_put_unlock;
 	} else {
 		switch (rxrpc_call_state(call)) {
-		case RXRPC_CALL_UNINITIALISED:
 		case RXRPC_CALL_CLIENT_AWAIT_CONN:
-		case RXRPC_CALL_SERVER_PREALLOC:
 		case RXRPC_CALL_SERVER_SECURING:
+			if (p.command == RXRPC_CMD_SEND_ABORT)
+				break;
+			fallthrough;
+		case RXRPC_CALL_UNINITIALISED:
+		case RXRPC_CALL_SERVER_PREALLOC:
 			rxrpc_put_call(call, rxrpc_call_put_sendmsg);
 			ret = -EBUSY;
 			goto error_release_sock;