diff --git a/net/core/fib_rules.c b/net/core/fib_rules.c
index aeedc3a961a12..99ae718b79bea 100644
--- a/net/core/fib_rules.c
+++ b/net/core/fib_rules.c
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ static int dump_rules(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb,
 		err = fib_nl_fill_rule(skb, rule, NETLINK_CB(cb->skb).portid,
 				       cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq, RTM_NEWRULE,
 				       NLM_F_MULTI, ops);
-		if (err)
+		if (err < 0)
 			break;
 skip:
 		idx++;