1 files changed, 1 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 053a92ebf2d5..59f2a58c1e32 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -2022,12 +2022,7 @@ struct rt6_info *addrconf_dst_alloc(struct inet6_dev *idev,
         if (IS_ERR(neigh)) {
                 dst_free(&rt->dst);
 
-                /* We are casting this because that is the return
-                 * value type.  But an errno encoded pointer is the
-                 * same regardless of the underlying pointer type,
-                 * and that's what we are returning.  So this is OK.
-                 */
-                return (struct rt6_info *) neigh;
+                return ERR_CAST(neigh);
         }
         rt->rt6i_nexthop = neigh;