diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index 04ba321ae5cee0cf9bb2a6d3e47c8df4f1c11976..e258a00b4a3d6c11df57bf951213795b14f792d6 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -1826,7 +1826,7 @@ static int inet_dump_ifaddr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 	if (fillargs.netnsid >= 0)
 		put_net(tgt_net);
 
-	return err < 0 ? err : skb->len;
+	return skb->len ? : err;
 }
 
 static void rtmsg_ifa(int event, struct in_ifaddr *ifa, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 8eeec6eb2bd3730a7445eabffb06ffb03e82e78f..93d5ad2b1a69790384bd9cefa8e0b024e1714c97 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -5154,7 +5154,7 @@ static int inet6_dump_addr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb,
 	if (fillargs.netnsid >= 0)
 		put_net(tgt_net);
 
-	return err < 0 ? err : skb->len;
+	return skb->len ? : err;
 }
 
 static int inet6_dump_ifaddr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)