diff --git a/net/core/devlink.c b/net/core/devlink.c
index 283c3ed9f25ed..1d7502a5a651d 100644
--- a/net/core/devlink.c
+++ b/net/core/devlink.c
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ static struct devlink *devlink_get_from_attrs(struct net *net,
 	busname = nla_data(attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_BUS_NAME]);
 	devname = nla_data(attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_DEV_NAME]);
 
+	lockdep_assert_held(&devlink_mutex);
+
 	list_for_each_entry(devlink, &devlink_list, list) {
 		if (strcmp(devlink->dev->bus->name, busname) == 0 &&
 		    strcmp(dev_name(devlink->dev), devname) == 0 &&
@@ -3645,27 +3647,35 @@ static int devlink_nl_cmd_region_read_dumpit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (err)
 		goto out_free;
 
+	mutex_lock(&devlink_mutex);
 	devlink = devlink_get_from_attrs(sock_net(cb->skb->sk), attrs);
-	if (IS_ERR(devlink))
-		goto out_free;
+	if (IS_ERR(devlink)) {
+		err = PTR_ERR(devlink);
+		goto out_dev;
+	}
 
-	mutex_lock(&devlink_mutex);
 	mutex_lock(&devlink->lock);
 
 	if (!attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_REGION_NAME] ||
-	    !attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_REGION_SNAPSHOT_ID])
+	    !attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_REGION_SNAPSHOT_ID]) {
+		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto out_unlock;
+	}
 
 	region_name = nla_data(attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_REGION_NAME]);
 	region = devlink_region_get_by_name(devlink, region_name);
-	if (!region)
+	if (!region) {
+		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto out_unlock;
+	}
 
 	hdr = genlmsg_put(skb, NETLINK_CB(cb->skb).portid, cb->nlh->nlmsg_seq,
 			  &devlink_nl_family, NLM_F_ACK | NLM_F_MULTI,
 			  DEVLINK_CMD_REGION_READ);
-	if (!hdr)
+	if (!hdr) {
+		err = -EMSGSIZE;
 		goto out_unlock;
+	}
 
 	err = devlink_nl_put_handle(skb, devlink);
 	if (err)
@@ -3676,8 +3686,10 @@ static int devlink_nl_cmd_region_read_dumpit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	chunks_attr = nla_nest_start(skb, DEVLINK_ATTR_REGION_CHUNKS);
-	if (!chunks_attr)
+	if (!chunks_attr) {
+		err = -EMSGSIZE;
 		goto nla_put_failure;
+	}
 
 	if (attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_REGION_CHUNK_ADDR] &&
 	    attrs[DEVLINK_ATTR_REGION_CHUNK_LEN]) {
@@ -3700,8 +3712,10 @@ static int devlink_nl_cmd_region_read_dumpit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	/* Check if there was any progress done to prevent infinite loop */
-	if (ret_offset == start_offset)
+	if (ret_offset == start_offset) {
+		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto nla_put_failure;
+	}
 
 	*((u64 *)&cb->args[0]) = ret_offset;
 
@@ -3717,10 +3731,11 @@ static int devlink_nl_cmd_region_read_dumpit(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	genlmsg_cancel(skb, hdr);
 out_unlock:
 	mutex_unlock(&devlink->lock);
+out_dev:
 	mutex_unlock(&devlink_mutex);
 out_free:
 	kfree(attrs);
-	return 0;
+	return err;
 }
 
 struct devlink_info_req {