diff --git a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c
index efe415ad842a4fad159fb24590d11f6308a88f83..1e04d4d44273f50e60c4eee4b3d40d63a1f03500 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_sysfs_if.c
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ static int store_flag(struct net_bridge_port *p, unsigned long v,
 	if (flags != p->flags) {
 		p->flags = flags;
 		br_port_flags_change(p, mask);
-		br_ifinfo_notify(RTM_NEWLINK, p);
 	}
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -253,8 +252,10 @@ static ssize_t brport_store(struct kobject *kobj,
 			spin_lock_bh(&p->br->lock);
 			ret = brport_attr->store(p, val);
 			spin_unlock_bh(&p->br->lock);
-			if (ret == 0)
+			if (!ret) {
+				br_ifinfo_notify(RTM_NEWLINK, p);
 				ret = count;
+			}
 		}
 		rtnl_unlock();
 	}