1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/connector/connector.c b/drivers/connector/connector.c
index 505677fb3157..d7125f4d9113 100644
--- a/drivers/connector/connector.c
+++ b/drivers/connector/connector.c
@@ -97,6 +97,9 @@ int cn_netlink_send(struct cn_msg *msg, u32 __group, gfp_t gfp_mask)
                 group = __group;
         }
 
+        if (!netlink_has_listeners(dev->nls, group))
+                return -ESRCH;
+
         size = NLMSG_SPACE(sizeof(*msg) + msg->len);
 
         skb = alloc_skb(size, gfp_mask);
@@ -111,9 +114,7 @@ int cn_netlink_send(struct cn_msg *msg, u32 __group, gfp_t gfp_mask)
 
         NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_group = group;
 
-        netlink_broadcast(dev->nls, skb, 0, group, gfp_mask);
-
-        return 0;
+        return netlink_broadcast(dev->nls, skb, 0, group, gfp_mask);
 
 nlmsg_failure:
         kfree_skb(skb);