diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index e10794d..98a00d0 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -502,8 +502,10 @@
 		goto errout;
 
 	ifm = nlmsg_data(nlh);
-	if (ifm->ifa_prefixlen > 32 || tb[IFA_LOCAL] == NULL)
+	if (ifm->ifa_prefixlen > 32 || tb[IFA_LOCAL] == NULL) {
+		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto errout;
+	}
 
 	dev = __dev_get_by_index(ifm->ifa_index);
 	if (dev == NULL) {