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-rw-r--r--net/netlink/genetlink.c4
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index caf04d70ba71..bbd3bff885a1 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -362,8 +362,10 @@ int genl_register_family(struct genl_family *family)
family->id = idr_alloc(&genl_fam_idr, family,
start, end + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
- if (!family->id)
+ if (family->id < 0) {
+ err = family->id;
goto errout_locked;
+ }
err = genl_validate_assign_mc_groups(family);
if (err)