diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py
index d84b52fe6d4f88..379faa1254c949 100644
--- a/Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py
+++ b/Lib/multiprocessing/connection.py
@@ -400,11 +400,12 @@ def _recv(self, size, read=_read):
         buf = io.BytesIO()
         handle = self._handle
         remaining = size
-        is_pipe = False
+        is_pipe = is_socket = False
         if size > self._default_pipe_size > 0:
             mode = os.fstat(handle).st_mode
             is_pipe = stat.S_ISFIFO(mode)
-        limit = self._default_pipe_size if is_pipe else remaining
+            is_socket = stat.S_ISSOCK(mode)
+        limit = self._default_pipe_size if is_pipe or is_socket else remaining
         while remaining > 0:
             to_read = min(limit, remaining)
             chunk = read(handle, to_read)
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-09-01-06-34-54.gh-issue-123557.oOYkd2.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-09-01-06-34-54.gh-issue-123557.oOYkd2.rst
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000000..48f54c70a1068c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Core_and_Builtins/2024-09-01-06-34-54.gh-issue-123557.oOYkd2.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+This PR would fix the problem of overallocating memory when reading from Unix sockets, extending the merged PR regarding pipes.