diff --git a/net/iucv/af_iucv.c b/net/iucv/af_iucv.c
index 2e9953b2db8402dd71c88691f263db00f2cba3e2..53d931172088b15b2890c42dd649308771b6e7d3 100644
--- a/net/iucv/af_iucv.c
+++ b/net/iucv/af_iucv.c
@@ -1114,10 +1114,8 @@ static int iucv_sock_sendmsg(struct kiocb *iocb, struct socket *sock,
 			noblock, &err);
 	else
 		skb = sock_alloc_send_skb(sk, len, noblock, &err);
-	if (!skb) {
-		err = -ENOMEM;
+	if (!skb)
 		goto out;
-	}
 	if (iucv->transport == AF_IUCV_TRANS_HIPER)
 		skb_reserve(skb, sizeof(struct af_iucv_trans_hdr) + ETH_HLEN);
 	if (memcpy_from_msg(skb_put(skb, len), msg, len)) {