1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index cf857c4dc7b1..a9a77216310e 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -498,7 +498,8 @@ int rtnetlink_put_metrics(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 *metrics)
         return nla_nest_end(skb, mx);
 
 nla_put_failure:
-        return nla_nest_cancel(skb, mx);
+        nla_nest_cancel(skb, mx);
+        return -EMSGSIZE;
 }
 
 int rtnl_put_cacheinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct dst_entry *dst, u32 id,