1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 15c731f03fa6..e6fac7e3db52 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -636,7 +636,7 @@ static unsigned int netlink_poll(struct file *file, struct socket *sock,
                 while (nlk->cb_running && netlink_dump_space(nlk)) {
                         err = netlink_dump(sk);
                         if (err < 0) {
-                                sk->sk_err = err;
+                                sk->sk_err = -err;
                                 sk->sk_error_report(sk);
                                 break;
                         }
@@ -2483,7 +2483,7 @@ static int netlink_recvmsg(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct socket *sock,
             atomic_read(&sk->sk_rmem_alloc) <= sk->sk_rcvbuf / 2) {
                 ret = netlink_dump(sk);
                 if (ret) {
-                        sk->sk_err = ret;
+                        sk->sk_err = -ret;
                         sk->sk_error_report(sk);
                 }
         }