diff --git a/net/tipc/bearer.c b/net/tipc/bearer.c
index 61b6625f93a45c8f7570865d2ea93e44e38b0f11..faf8fa03374077f3ec1967d8814c50c4e9f6183f 100644
--- a/net/tipc/bearer.c
+++ b/net/tipc/bearer.c
@@ -855,7 +855,7 @@ int tipc_nl_bearer_disable(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	return err;
 }
 
-int tipc_nl_bearer_enable(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
+int __tipc_nl_bearer_enable(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 {
 	int err;
 	char *bearer;
@@ -897,15 +897,18 @@ int tipc_nl_bearer_enable(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 			prio = nla_get_u32(props[TIPC_NLA_PROP_PRIO]);
 	}
 
+	return tipc_enable_bearer(net, bearer, domain, prio, attrs);
+}
+
+int tipc_nl_bearer_enable(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
+{
+	int err;
+
 	rtnl_lock();
-	err = tipc_enable_bearer(net, bearer, domain, prio, attrs);
-	if (err) {
-		rtnl_unlock();
-		return err;
-	}
+	err = __tipc_nl_bearer_enable(skb, info);
 	rtnl_unlock();
 
-	return 0;
+	return err;
 }
 
 int tipc_nl_bearer_add(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
diff --git a/net/tipc/bearer.h b/net/tipc/bearer.h
index bcc6d5f7014b96a41142c2fcab2d0a62e6fa82ce..fc81150ca9c9bbf6ddbc42bed555f8e2b9c327ea 100644
--- a/net/tipc/bearer.h
+++ b/net/tipc/bearer.h
@@ -190,6 +190,7 @@ extern struct tipc_media udp_media_info;
 int tipc_nl_bearer_disable(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info);
 int __tipc_nl_bearer_disable(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info);
 int tipc_nl_bearer_enable(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info);
+int __tipc_nl_bearer_enable(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info);
 int tipc_nl_bearer_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb);
 int tipc_nl_bearer_get(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info);
 int tipc_nl_bearer_set(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info);