1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/video/uvesafb.c b/drivers/video/uvesafb.c
index 6c2d37fdd3b9..74ae75899009 100644
--- a/drivers/video/uvesafb.c
+++ b/drivers/video/uvesafb.c
@@ -204,8 +204,11 @@ static int uvesafb_exec(struct uvesafb_ktask *task)
                 } else {
                         v86d_started = 1;
                         err = cn_netlink_send(m, 0, gfp_any());
+                        if (err == -ENOBUFS)
+                                err = 0;
                 }
-        }
+        } else if (err == -ENOBUFS)
+                err = 0;
 
         if (!err && !(task->t.flags & TF_EXIT))
                 err = !wait_for_completion_timeout(task->done,