diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c
index 64e7b04759a7a4d863b55c090c98fad997223505..80a1262104bf30744601791774a039cbcb348444 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c
@@ -776,7 +776,7 @@ ip_set_destroy(struct sock *ctnl, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (!attr[IPSET_ATTR_SETNAME]) {
 		for (i = 0; i < ip_set_max; i++) {
 			if (ip_set_list[i] != NULL && ip_set_list[i]->ref) {
-				ret = IPSET_ERR_BUSY;
+				ret = -IPSET_ERR_BUSY;
 				goto out;
 			}
 		}