diff --git a/net/key/af_key.c b/net/key/af_key.c
index 79d2c0f3c334e18c49f75c127a2fbedd194ab16a..9d47a6aa53dc109228bfa961bfb12fc99d5327dc 100644
--- a/net/key/af_key.c
+++ b/net/key/af_key.c
@@ -1751,7 +1751,7 @@ static int pfkey_flush(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, struct sadb_msg *hd
 	audit_info.secid = 0;
 	err = xfrm_state_flush(net, proto, &audit_info);
 	if (err)
-		return err;
+		return 0;
 	c.data.proto = proto;
 	c.seq = hdr->sadb_msg_seq;
 	c.pid = hdr->sadb_msg_pid;
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
index b36cc344474b33a76d6d257d4a8f6474ef3ba204..f50ee9badf47a39ab2ec9a75e542f5932b956a79 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_state.c
@@ -603,13 +603,14 @@ xfrm_state_flush_secctx_check(struct net *net, u8 proto, struct xfrm_audit *audi
 
 int xfrm_state_flush(struct net *net, u8 proto, struct xfrm_audit *audit_info)
 {
-	int i, err = 0;
+	int i, err = 0, cnt = 0;
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&xfrm_state_lock);
 	err = xfrm_state_flush_secctx_check(net, proto, audit_info);
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
+	err = -ESRCH;
 	for (i = 0; i <= net->xfrm.state_hmask; i++) {
 		struct hlist_node *entry;
 		struct xfrm_state *x;
@@ -626,13 +627,16 @@ int xfrm_state_flush(struct net *net, u8 proto, struct xfrm_audit *audit_info)
 							audit_info->sessionid,
 							audit_info->secid);
 				xfrm_state_put(x);
+				if (!err)
+					cnt++;
 
 				spin_lock_bh(&xfrm_state_lock);
 				goto restart;
 			}
 		}
 	}
-	err = 0;
+	if (cnt)
+		err = 0;
 
 out:
 	spin_unlock_bh(&xfrm_state_lock);
diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
index 943c8712bd971c6372d0326c3e428630c0981aa4..7c87004470409fa3f4554d6ea0bba0d72032022f 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_user.c
@@ -1525,7 +1525,7 @@ static int xfrm_flush_sa(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	audit_info.secid = NETLINK_CB(skb).sid;
 	err = xfrm_state_flush(net, p->proto, &audit_info);
 	if (err)
-		return err;
+		return 0;
 	c.data.proto = p->proto;
 	c.event = nlh->nlmsg_type;
 	c.seq = nlh->nlmsg_seq;