1 files changed, 7 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/net/sched/cls_api.c b/net/sched/cls_api.c
index d870478e3640..92fa1559c211 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_api.c
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 #include <linux/init.h>
 #include <linux/kmod.h>
 #include <linux/netlink.h>
+#include <linux/err.h>
 #include <net/net_namespace.h>
 #include <net/sock.h>
 #include <net/netlink.h>
@@ -487,23 +488,22 @@ int tcf_exts_validate(struct tcf_proto *tp, struct nlattr **tb,
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NET_CLS_ACT
         {
-                int err;
                 struct tc_action *act;
 
                 if (map->police && tb[map->police]) {
                         act = tcf_action_init_1(tb[map->police], rate_tlv,
                                                 "police", TCA_ACT_NOREPLACE,
-                                                TCA_ACT_BIND, &err);
-                        if (act == NULL)
-                                return err;
+                                                TCA_ACT_BIND);
+                        if (IS_ERR(act))
+                                return PTR_ERR(act);
 
                         act->type = TCA_OLD_COMPAT;
                         exts->action = act;
                 } else if (map->action && tb[map->action]) {
                         act = tcf_action_init(tb[map->action], rate_tlv, NULL,
-                                TCA_ACT_NOREPLACE, TCA_ACT_BIND, &err);
-                        if (act == NULL)
-                                return err;
+                                              TCA_ACT_NOREPLACE, TCA_ACT_BIND);
+                        if (IS_ERR(act))
+                                return PTR_ERR(act);
 
                         exts->action = act;
                 }