1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 327807731b44..94c11cf0459d 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -2270,10 +2270,13 @@ int __netlink_dump_start(struct sock *ssk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
         mutex_unlock(nlk->cb_mutex);
 
+        ret = 0;
         if (cb->start)
-                cb->start(cb);
+                ret = cb->start(cb);
+
+        if (!ret)
+                ret = netlink_dump(sk);
 
-        ret = netlink_dump(sk);
         sock_put(sk);
 
         if (ret)