diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 82bd04596120..58663d9c99ff 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 0a54e939d8c2647c711ef2369c3e73c3b7f3028c
+refs/heads/master: ef6acf68c259d907517dcc0ffefcd4e30276ae29
diff --git a/trunk/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/trunk/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index da4fc37a8578..9807f3278fcb 100644
--- a/trunk/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/trunk/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -2790,7 +2790,8 @@ static int __init ctnetlink_init(void)
 		goto err_unreg_subsys;
 	}
 
-	if (register_pernet_subsys(&ctnetlink_net_ops)) {
+	ret = register_pernet_subsys(&ctnetlink_net_ops);
+	if (ret < 0) {
 		pr_err("ctnetlink_init: cannot register pernet operations\n");
 		goto err_unreg_exp_subsys;
 	}