diff --git a/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h b/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h
index 53923868c9bddf8ab63a21019056b6858af5dbd9..361d6b5630ee8105e407477308bed1ab6f03ccf0 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfilter/nfnetlink.h
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ extern int nfnetlink_subsys_unregister(const struct nfnetlink_subsystem *n);
 extern int nfnetlink_has_listeners(struct net *net, unsigned int group);
 extern int nfnetlink_send(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net *net, u32 pid, unsigned group,
 			  int echo, gfp_t flags);
-extern void nfnetlink_set_err(struct net *net, u32 pid, u32 group, int error);
+extern int nfnetlink_set_err(struct net *net, u32 pid, u32 group, int error);
 extern int nfnetlink_unicast(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net *net, u_int32_t pid, int flags);
 
 extern void nfnl_lock(void);
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index 2b2af631d2b870d3c9f4f81146833fd4a93f2cf9..569410a85953d7ab057ed61bc17445b3a1667407 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -582,7 +582,9 @@ nla_put_failure:
 nlmsg_failure:
 	kfree_skb(skb);
 errout:
-	nfnetlink_set_err(net, 0, group, -ENOBUFS);
+	if (nfnetlink_set_err(net, 0, group, -ENOBUFS) > 0)
+		return -ENOBUFS;
+
 	return 0;
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_EVENTS */
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
index 8eb0cc23ada3760a79a0eaefa76ada8745acd4f2..6afa3d52ea5f1d7af8d2be47db8ece008429eeb6 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
@@ -113,9 +113,9 @@ int nfnetlink_send(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net *net, u32 pid,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfnetlink_send);
 
-void nfnetlink_set_err(struct net *net, u32 pid, u32 group, int error)
+int nfnetlink_set_err(struct net *net, u32 pid, u32 group, int error)
 {
-	netlink_set_err(net->nfnl, pid, group, error);
+	return netlink_set_err(net->nfnl, pid, group, error);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(nfnetlink_set_err);