diff --git a/ipc/msg.c b/ipc/msg.c
index 3c44bbcc05f6..e12307d0c920 100644
--- a/ipc/msg.c
+++ b/ipc/msg.c
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ struct msg_receiver {
 struct msg_sender {
 	struct list_head	list;
 	struct task_struct	*tsk;
+	size_t                  msgsz;
 };
 
 #define SEARCH_ANY		1
@@ -153,27 +154,60 @@ static int newque(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct ipc_params *params)
 	return msq->q_perm.id;
 }
 
-static inline void ss_add(struct msg_queue *msq, struct msg_sender *mss)
+static inline bool msg_fits_inqueue(struct msg_queue *msq, size_t msgsz)
+{
+	return msgsz + msq->q_cbytes <= msq->q_qbytes &&
+		1 + msq->q_qnum <= msq->q_qbytes;
+}
+
+static inline void ss_add(struct msg_queue *msq,
+			  struct msg_sender *mss, size_t msgsz)
 {
 	mss->tsk = current;
+	mss->msgsz = msgsz;
 	__set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 	list_add_tail(&mss->list, &msq->q_senders);
 }
 
 static inline void ss_del(struct msg_sender *mss)
 {
-	if (mss->list.next != NULL)
+	if (mss->list.next)
 		list_del(&mss->list);
 }
 
-static void ss_wakeup(struct list_head *h,
+static void ss_wakeup(struct msg_queue *msq,
 		      struct wake_q_head *wake_q, bool kill)
 {
 	struct msg_sender *mss, *t;
+	struct task_struct *stop_tsk = NULL;
+	struct list_head *h = &msq->q_senders;
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(mss, t, h, list) {
 		if (kill)
 			mss->list.next = NULL;
+
+		/*
+		 * Stop at the first task we don't wakeup,
+		 * we've already iterated the original
+		 * sender queue.
+		 */
+		else if (stop_tsk == mss->tsk)
+			break;
+		/*
+		 * We are not in an EIDRM scenario here, therefore
+		 * verify that we really need to wakeup the task.
+		 * To maintain current semantics and wakeup order,
+		 * move the sender to the tail on behalf of the
+		 * blocked task.
+		 */
+		else if (!msg_fits_inqueue(msq, mss->msgsz)) {
+			if (!stop_tsk)
+				stop_tsk = mss->tsk;
+
+			list_move_tail(&mss->list, &msq->q_senders);
+			continue;
+		}
+
 		wake_q_add(wake_q, mss->tsk);
 	}
 }
@@ -204,7 +238,7 @@ static void freeque(struct ipc_namespace *ns, struct kern_ipc_perm *ipcp)
 	WAKE_Q(wake_q);
 
 	expunge_all(msq, -EIDRM, &wake_q);
-	ss_wakeup(&msq->q_senders, &wake_q, true);
+	ss_wakeup(msq, &wake_q, true);
 	msg_rmid(ns, msq);
 	ipc_unlock_object(&msq->q_perm);
 	wake_up_q(&wake_q);
@@ -388,7 +422,7 @@ static int msgctl_down(struct ipc_namespace *ns, int msqid, int cmd,
 		 * Sleeping senders might be able to send
 		 * due to a larger queue size.
 		 */
-		ss_wakeup(&msq->q_senders, &wake_q, false);
+		ss_wakeup(msq, &wake_q, false);
 		ipc_unlock_object(&msq->q_perm);
 		wake_up_q(&wake_q);
 
@@ -642,10 +676,8 @@ long do_msgsnd(int msqid, long mtype, void __user *mtext,
 		if (err)
 			goto out_unlock0;
 
-		if (msgsz + msq->q_cbytes <= msq->q_qbytes &&
-				1 + msq->q_qnum <= msq->q_qbytes) {
+		if (msg_fits_inqueue(msq, msgsz))
 			break;
-		}
 
 		/* queue full, wait: */
 		if (msgflg & IPC_NOWAIT) {
@@ -654,7 +686,7 @@ long do_msgsnd(int msqid, long mtype, void __user *mtext,
 		}
 
 		/* enqueue the sender and prepare to block */
-		ss_add(msq, &s);
+		ss_add(msq, &s, msgsz);
 
 		if (!ipc_rcu_getref(msq)) {
 			err = -EIDRM;
@@ -682,6 +714,7 @@ long do_msgsnd(int msqid, long mtype, void __user *mtext,
 		}
 
 	}
+
 	msq->q_lspid = task_tgid_vnr(current);
 	msq->q_stime = get_seconds();
 
@@ -882,7 +915,7 @@ long do_msgrcv(int msqid, void __user *buf, size_t bufsz, long msgtyp, int msgfl
 			msq->q_cbytes -= msg->m_ts;
 			atomic_sub(msg->m_ts, &ns->msg_bytes);
 			atomic_dec(&ns->msg_hdrs);
-			ss_wakeup(&msq->q_senders, &wake_q, false);
+			ss_wakeup(msq, &wake_q, false);
 
 			goto out_unlock0;
 		}