1 files changed, 4 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_LOG.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_LOG.c
index 2fa36618c517..a42c5cd968b1 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_LOG.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ipt_LOG.c
@@ -477,14 +477,10 @@ static int __init ipt_log_init(void)
         ret = xt_register_target(&ipt_log_reg);
         if (ret < 0)
                 return ret;
-        if (nf_log_register(PF_INET, &ipt_log_logger) < 0) {
-                printk(KERN_WARNING "ipt_LOG: not logging via system console "
-                       "since somebody else already registered for PF_INET\n");
-                /* we cannot make module load fail here, since otherwise
-                 * iptables userspace would abort */
-        }
-
-        return 0;
+        ret = nf_log_register(PF_INET, &ipt_log_logger);
+        if (ret < 0 && ret != -EEXIST)
+                xt_unregister_target(&ipt_log_reg);
+        return ret;
 }
 
 static void __exit ipt_log_fini(void)