3 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/accept.go b/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/accept.go
index 7acc7e7b0..63c46b1be 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/accept.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/accept.go
@@ -511,22 +511,22 @@ func (e *endpoint) handleSynSegment(ctx *listenContext, s *segment, opts *header
 
 func (e *endpoint) synRcvdBacklogFull() bool {
 	e.acceptMu.Lock()
-	backlog := e.accepted.cap
+	acceptedCap := e.accepted.cap
 	e.acceptMu.Unlock()
-	// The allocated accepted channel size would always be one greater than the
+	// The capacity of the accepted queue would always be one greater than the
 	// listen backlog. But, the SYNRCVD connections count is always checked
 	// against the listen backlog value for Linux parity reason.
 	// https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/7acac4b3196/include/net/inet_connection_sock.h#L280
 	//
 	// We maintain an equality check here as the synRcvdCount is incremented
 	// and compared only from a single listener context and the capacity of
-	// the accepted channel can only increase by a new listen call.
-	return int(atomic.LoadInt32(&e.synRcvdCount)) == backlog-1
+	// the accepted queue can only increase by a new listen call.
+	return int(atomic.LoadInt32(&e.synRcvdCount)) == acceptedCap-1
 }
 
 func (e *endpoint) acceptQueueIsFull() bool {
 	e.acceptMu.Lock()
-	full := e.accepted.endpoints.Len() == e.accepted.cap
+	full := e.accepted != (accepted{}) && e.accepted.endpoints.Len() == e.accepted.cap
 	e.acceptMu.Unlock()
 	return full
 }
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/endpoint.go b/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/endpoint.go
index 1060a0a90..9afd2bb7f 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/endpoint.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/endpoint.go
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ func (e *endpoint) Readiness(mask waiter.EventMask) waiter.EventMask {
 		result = mask
 
 	case StateListen:
-		// Check if there's anything in the accepted channel.
+		// Check if there's anything in the accepted queue.
 		if (mask & waiter.ReadableEvents) != 0 {
 			e.acceptMu.Lock()
 			if e.accepted.endpoints.Len() != 0 {
diff --git a/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/endpoint_state.go b/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/endpoint_state.go
index f51b3ad90..590775434 100644
--- a/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/endpoint_state.go
+++ b/pkg/tcpip/transport/tcp/endpoint_state.go
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ func (e *endpoint) beforeSave() {
 			e.mu.Lock()
 		}
 		if !e.workerRunning {
-			// The endpoint must be in acceptedChan or has been just
+			// The endpoint must be in the accepted queue or has been just
 			// disconnected and closed.
 			break
 		}