diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index a66b6761b88b1..a759f9e0a8476 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -5440,12 +5440,12 @@ static int rtnl_fill_statsinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 		list_for_each_entry_rcu(af_ops, &rtnl_af_ops, list) {
 			if (af_ops->fill_stats_af) {
 				struct nlattr *af;
-				int err;
 
 				af = nla_nest_start_noflag(skb,
 							   af_ops->family);
 				if (!af) {
 					rcu_read_unlock();
+					err = -EMSGSIZE;
 					goto nla_put_failure;
 				}
 				err = af_ops->fill_stats_af(skb, dev);