rtnetlink: potential ERR_PTR dereference

[deliverable/linux.git] / net / core / rtnetlink.c

diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 4568120d8533f557c3211f627aac69b41ce3abc5..fe776c9ddecab809e68fabe202d24911950803df 100644 (file)
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1270,10 +1270,11 @@ replay:
                        err = ops->newlink(net, dev, tb, data);
                else
                        err = register_netdevice(dev);
-               if (err < 0 && !IS_ERR(dev)) {
+
+               if (err < 0 && !IS_ERR(dev))
                        free_netdev(dev);
+               if (err < 0)
                        goto out;
-               }
 
                err = rtnl_configure_link(dev, ifm);
                if (err < 0)