1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/tipc/bcast.c b/net/tipc/bcast.c
index 5ca8fdda63ca..8f58df24bac5 100644
--- a/net/tipc/bcast.c
+++ b/net/tipc/bcast.c
@@ -417,13 +417,19 @@ int tipc_bclink_send_msg(struct sk_buff *buf)
 
         spin_lock_bh(&bc_lock);
 
+        if (!bclink->bcast_nodes.count) {
+                res = msg_data_sz(buf_msg(buf));
+                buf_discard(buf);
+                goto exit;
+        }
+
         res = tipc_link_send_buf(bcl, buf);
         if (likely(res > 0))
                 bclink_set_last_sent();
 
         bcl->stats.queue_sz_counts++;
         bcl->stats.accu_queue_sz += bcl->out_queue_size;
-
+exit:
         spin_unlock_bh(&bc_lock);
         return res;
 }