diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c
index 4c1e540732d7e43fdb6b22a445e33d5301c9b4df..93a41a09458bf0a1b667005b6fabd1ade8a57073 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_netlink.c
@@ -795,11 +795,12 @@ int l2tp_nl_register_ops(enum l2tp_pwtype pw_type, const struct l2tp_nl_cmd_ops
 		goto out;
 
 	l2tp_nl_cmd_ops[pw_type] = ops;
+	ret = 0;
 
 out:
 	genl_unlock();
 err:
-	return 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(l2tp_nl_register_ops);