diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index c6439c77953c49cf705ac07fe758764d1cc82a9d..0ea36e0c8a0e1b08c13d2f53239bc1633aef03d6 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -512,7 +512,7 @@ static int ctnetlink_conntrack_event(struct notifier_block *this,
 
 	skb = ctnetlink_alloc_skb(tuple(ct, IP_CT_DIR_ORIGINAL), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!skb)
-		return NOTIFY_DONE;
+		goto errout;
 
 	b = skb->tail;
 
@@ -591,8 +591,9 @@ static int ctnetlink_conntrack_event(struct notifier_block *this,
 nla_put_failure:
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 nlmsg_failure:
-	nfnetlink_set_err(0, group, -ENOBUFS);
 	kfree_skb(skb);
+errout:
+	nfnetlink_set_err(0, group, -ENOBUFS);
 	return NOTIFY_DONE;
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_EVENTS */
@@ -1564,7 +1565,7 @@ static int ctnetlink_expect_event(struct notifier_block *this,
 
 	skb = alloc_skb(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!skb)
-		return NOTIFY_DONE;
+		goto errout;
 
 	b = skb->tail;
 
@@ -1589,8 +1590,9 @@ static int ctnetlink_expect_event(struct notifier_block *this,
 nla_put_failure:
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 nlmsg_failure:
-	nfnetlink_set_err(0, 0, -ENOBUFS);
 	kfree_skb(skb);
+errout:
+	nfnetlink_set_err(0, 0, -ENOBUFS);
 	return NOTIFY_DONE;
 }
 #endif
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
index 2785d66a7e38a1c94143a2fae07188545392f292..b8ab37ad7ed56f60978d3827c31d722654c74fe0 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ static int __init nfnetlink_init(void)
 				     nfnetlink_rcv, NULL, THIS_MODULE);
 	if (!nfnl) {
 		printk(KERN_ERR "cannot initialize nfnetlink!\n");
-		return -1;
+		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
 	return 0;