1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c b/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c
index 16e16d57b9eb..fed225401dd2 100644
--- a/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c
+++ b/Documentation/accounting/getdelays.c
@@ -177,6 +177,8 @@ static int get_family_id(int sd)
         rc = send_cmd(sd, GENL_ID_CTRL, getpid(), CTRL_CMD_GETFAMILY,
                         CTRL_ATTR_FAMILY_NAME, (void *)name,
                         strlen(TASKSTATS_GENL_NAME)+1);
+        if (rc < 0)
+                return 0;       /* sendto() failure? */
 
         rep_len = recv(sd, &ans, sizeof(ans), 0);
         if (ans.n.nlmsg_type == NLMSG_ERROR ||