1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c b/net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c
index 490e035c6d90..2e78f6bd9775 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/cipso_ipv4.c
@@ -2063,9 +2063,10 @@ int cipso_v4_skbuff_setattr(struct sk_buff *skb,
         u32 opt_len;
         int len_delta;
 
-        buf_len = cipso_v4_genopt(buf, buf_len, doi_def, secattr);
-        if (buf_len < 0)
-                return buf_len;
+        ret_val = cipso_v4_genopt(buf, buf_len, doi_def, secattr);
+        if (ret_val < 0)
+                return ret_val;
+        buf_len = ret_val;
         opt_len = (buf_len + 3) & ~3;
 
         /* we overwrite any existing options to ensure that we have enough