diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 283e42f48af6..88980c8bcf33 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -6024,7 +6024,7 @@ static int rtnl_stats_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 	cb->args[1] = idx;
 	cb->args[0] = h;
 
-	return skb->len;
+	return err;
 }
 
 void rtnl_offload_xstats_notify(struct net_device *dev)