diff --git a/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c b/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c
index 82f665728382115cba57cea441a89be2e911ed43..6376467e78f862c25ffae531848bd7aded07609e 100644
--- a/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c
+++ b/net/tipc/netlink_compat.c
@@ -185,7 +185,10 @@ static int __tipc_nl_compat_dumpit(struct tipc_nl_compat_cmd_dump *cmd,
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
 	buf->sk = msg->dst_sk;
-	__tipc_dump_start(&cb, msg->net);
+	if (__tipc_dump_start(&cb, msg->net)) {
+		kfree_skb(buf);
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	}
 
 	do {
 		int rem;