diff --git a/include/linux/netfilter.h b/include/linux/netfilter.h
index bf430fcbe3641476f895d1c9224e01b448cdb569..ac3c61411d4befe398468beaea50bdb7156163a5 100644
--- a/include/linux/netfilter.h
+++ b/include/linux/netfilter.h
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ struct nf_logger {
 
 /* Function to register/unregister log function. */
 int nf_log_register(int pf, struct nf_logger *logger);
-void nf_log_unregister_pf(int pf);
+int nf_log_unregister_pf(int pf);
 void nf_log_unregister_logger(struct nf_logger *logger);
 
 /* Calls the registered backend logging function */
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_log.c b/net/netfilter/nf_log.c
index e104760f7a67702be2636d07c90a0b5170166d32..573e76a770d95e2858e0da28ebc555aca9b2f979 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_log.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_log.c
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ int nf_log_register(int pf, struct nf_logger *logger)
 {
 	int ret = -EBUSY;
 
+	if (pf >= NPROTO)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	/* Any setup of logging members must be done before
 	 * substituting pointer. */
 	spin_lock(&nf_log_lock);
@@ -38,14 +41,19 @@ int nf_log_register(int pf, struct nf_logger *logger)
 }		
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nf_log_register);
 
-void nf_log_unregister_pf(int pf)
+int nf_log_unregister_pf(int pf)
 {
+	if (pf >= NPROTO)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	spin_lock(&nf_log_lock);
 	nf_logging[pf] = NULL;
 	spin_unlock(&nf_log_lock);
 
 	/* Give time to concurrent readers. */
 	synchronize_net();
+
+	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nf_log_unregister_pf);