diff --git a/udp/udp_linux.go b/udp/udp_linux.go
index 5b5d4ea1..1e7aa98d 100644
--- a/udp/udp_linux.go
+++ b/udp/udp_linux.go
@@ -184,11 +184,14 @@ func (u *StdConn) ReadMulti(msgs []rawMessage) (int, error) {
 			0,
 			0,
 		)
-
-		if err != 0 {
-			if err == unix.EAGAIN || err == unix.EINTR {
+		if err == unix.EAGAIN || err == unix.EINTR {
+			if n == 0 {
 				continue
+			} else {
+				//ran out of time, but have some messages to return
+				return int(n), nil
 			}
+		} else if err != 0 {
 			return 0, &net.OpError{Op: "recvmmsg", Err: err}
 		}