diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 5fb8d7e47294..b65441da74ab 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -496,8 +496,10 @@ static int rtnl_link_fill(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct net_device *dev)
 	}
 	if (ops->fill_info) {
 		data = nla_nest_start(skb, IFLA_INFO_DATA);
-		if (data == NULL)
+		if (data == NULL) {
+			err = -EMSGSIZE;
 			goto err_cancel_link;
+		}
 		err = ops->fill_info(skb, dev);
 		if (err < 0)
 			goto err_cancel_data;