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diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 9eb895c7a2a..3ae3cb81656 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1084,6 +1084,13 @@ out:
1084 return 0; 1084 return 0;
1085} 1085}
1086 1086
1087/**
1088 * netlink_set_err - report error to broadcast listeners
1089 * @ssk: the kernel netlink socket, as returned by netlink_kernel_create()
1090 * @pid: the PID of a process that we want to skip (if any)
1091 * @groups: the broadcast group that will notice the error
1092 * @code: error code, must be negative (as usual in kernelspace)
1093 */
1087void netlink_set_err(struct sock *ssk, u32 pid, u32 group, int code) 1094void netlink_set_err(struct sock *ssk, u32 pid, u32 group, int code)
1088{ 1095{
1089 struct netlink_set_err_data info; 1096 struct netlink_set_err_data info;
@@ -1093,7 +1100,8 @@ void netlink_set_err(struct sock *ssk, u32 pid, u32 group, int code)
1093 info.exclude_sk = ssk; 1100 info.exclude_sk = ssk;
1094 info.pid = pid; 1101 info.pid = pid;
1095 info.group = group; 1102 info.group = group;
1096 info.code = code; 1103 /* sk->sk_err wants a positive error value */
1104 info.code = -code;
1097 1105
1098 read_lock(&nl_table_lock); 1106 read_lock(&nl_table_lock);
1099 1107