1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/key/af_key.c b/net/key/af_key.c
index b3faede9a4f6..c269ce6094d6 100644
--- a/net/key/af_key.c
+++ b/net/key/af_key.c
@@ -1768,8 +1768,11 @@ static int pfkey_flush(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, struct sadb_msg *hd
         audit_info.secid = 0;
         err = xfrm_state_flush(net, proto, &audit_info);
         err2 = unicast_flush_resp(sk, hdr);
-        if (err || err2)
+        if (err || err2) {
+                if (err == -ESRCH) /* empty table - go quietly */
+                        err = 0;
                 return err ? err : err2;
+        }
 
         c.data.proto = proto;
         c.seq = hdr->sadb_msg_seq;