1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c b/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
index a7fdf9a27f15..f5e0682b402d 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
@@ -315,6 +315,9 @@ static int do_ipv6_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
                         goto e_inval;
                 if (val < -1 || val > 0xff)
                         goto e_inval;
+                /* RFC 3542, 6.5: default traffic class of 0x0 */
+                if (val == -1)
+                        val = 0;
                 np->tclass = val;
                 retv = 0;
                 break;
@@ -1037,8 +1040,6 @@ static int do_ipv6_getsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
 
         case IPV6_TCLASS:
                 val = np->tclass;
-                if (val < 0)
-                        val = 0;
                 break;
 
         case IPV6_RECVTCLASS: