1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index f78d821bd935..29d7bce933f2 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1546,6 +1546,9 @@ replay:
                         snprintf(ifname, IFNAMSIZ, "%s%%d", ops->kind);
 
                 dest_net = rtnl_link_get_net(net, tb);
+                if (IS_ERR(dest_net))
+                        return PTR_ERR(dest_net);
+
                 dev = rtnl_create_link(net, dest_net, ifname, ops, tb);
 
                 if (IS_ERR(dev))