2 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index 2b2af631d2b..569410a8595 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -582,7 +582,9 @@ nla_put_failure:
 nlmsg_failure:
         kfree_skb(skb);
 errout:
-        nfnetlink_set_err(net, 0, group, -ENOBUFS);
+        if (nfnetlink_set_err(net, 0, group, -ENOBUFS) > 0)
+                return -ENOBUFS;
+
         return 0;
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_EVENTS */
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
index 8eb0cc23ada..6afa3d52ea5 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ int nfnetlink_send(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net *net, u32 pid,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfnetlink_send);
 
-void nfnetlink_set_err(struct net *net, u32 pid, u32 group, int error)
+int nfnetlink_set_err(struct net *net, u32 pid, u32 group, int error)
 {
-        netlink_set_err(net->nfnl, pid, group, error);
+        return netlink_set_err(net->nfnl, pid, group, error);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfnetlink_set_err);