1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 31f29d2989fd..4dfb6b4d4559 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -878,7 +878,9 @@ static int do_setlink(struct net_device *dev, struct ifinfomsg *ifm,
                 if (ifm->ifi_change)
                         flags = (flags & ifm->ifi_change) |
                                 (dev->flags & ~ifm->ifi_change);
-                dev_change_flags(dev, flags);
+                err = dev_change_flags(dev, flags);
+                if (err < 0)
+                        goto errout;
         }
 
         if (tb[IFLA_TXQLEN])