1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/hv/hv_snapshot.c b/drivers/hv/hv_snapshot.c
index 21e51be74e6c..9d5e0d1efdb5 100644
--- a/drivers/hv/hv_snapshot.c
+++ b/drivers/hv/hv_snapshot.c
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ vss_cn_callback(struct cn_msg *msg, struct netlink_skb_parms *nsp)
 static void vss_send_op(struct work_struct *dummy)
 {
         int op = vss_transaction.msg->vss_hdr.operation;
+        int rc;
         struct cn_msg *msg;
         struct hv_vss_msg *vss_msg;
 
@@ -111,7 +112,12 @@ static void vss_send_op(struct work_struct *dummy)
         vss_msg->vss_hdr.operation = op;
         msg->len = sizeof(struct hv_vss_msg);
 
-        cn_netlink_send(msg, 0, 0, GFP_ATOMIC);
+        rc = cn_netlink_send(msg, 0, 0, GFP_ATOMIC);
+        if (rc) {
+                pr_warn("VSS: failed to communicate to the daemon: %d\n", rc);
+                if (cancel_delayed_work_sync(&vss_timeout_work))
+                        vss_respond_to_host(HV_E_FAIL);
+        }
         kfree(msg);
 
         return;