diff --git a/net/ipv4/bpfilter/sockopt.c b/net/ipv4/bpfilter/sockopt.c
index 15427163a041d4dc9d4f7e35ee4d207fd6e5ba2a..0480918bfc7cff88c9cd2500a9474ed2a9ccb10c 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/bpfilter/sockopt.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/bpfilter/sockopt.c
@@ -30,13 +30,11 @@ static int bpfilter_mbox_request(struct sock *sk, int optname,
 	mutex_lock(&bpfilter_ops.lock);
 	if (!bpfilter_ops.sockopt) {
 		mutex_unlock(&bpfilter_ops.lock);
-		err = request_module("bpfilter");
+		request_module("bpfilter");
 		mutex_lock(&bpfilter_ops.lock);
 
-		if (err)
-			goto out;
 		if (!bpfilter_ops.sockopt) {
-			err = -ECHILD;
+			err = -ENOPROTOOPT;
 			goto out;
 		}
 	}