diff --git a/net/core/sock.c b/net/core/sock.c
index 1c4b0468bc2c3..a3eea6e0b30a7 100644
--- a/net/core/sock.c
+++ b/net/core/sock.c
@@ -1123,8 +1123,10 @@ int sock_setsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
 	case SO_TIMESTAMPING_OLD:
 		if (optlen == sizeof(timestamping)) {
 			if (copy_from_sockptr(&timestamping, optval,
-					      sizeof(timestamping)))
-				return -EFAULT;
+					      sizeof(timestamping))) {
+				ret = -EFAULT;
+				break;
+			}
 		} else {
 			memset(&timestamping, 0, sizeof(timestamping));
 			timestamping.flags = val;