diff --git a/net/core/ethtool.c b/net/core/ethtool.c
index 494e6a5d73061acd87534d636ee393555b0ed40d..3f89c76d5c24c51b889343fcdf0d94577cde7dc0 100644
--- a/net/core/ethtool.c
+++ b/net/core/ethtool.c
@@ -2520,11 +2520,14 @@ static int set_phy_tunable(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
 static int ethtool_get_fecparam(struct net_device *dev, void __user *useraddr)
 {
 	struct ethtool_fecparam fecparam = { ETHTOOL_GFECPARAM };
+	int rc;
 
 	if (!dev->ethtool_ops->get_fecparam)
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-	dev->ethtool_ops->get_fecparam(dev, &fecparam);
+	rc = dev->ethtool_ops->get_fecparam(dev, &fecparam);
+	if (rc)
+		return rc;
 
 	if (copy_to_user(useraddr, &fecparam, sizeof(fecparam)))
 		return -EFAULT;