diff --git a/net/core/devlink.c b/net/core/devlink.c
index 2f22ce33c3ec13394891cc5f69c75abbe21f8d02..a9776ea923aefb12c7a6ed13aab0a2e3e37ea885 100644
--- a/net/core/devlink.c
+++ b/net/core/devlink.c
@@ -1724,8 +1724,7 @@ static int devlink_port_new_notify(struct devlink *devlink,
 	if (err)
 		goto out;
 
-	err = genlmsg_reply(msg, info);
-	return err;
+	return genlmsg_reply(msg, info);
 
 out:
 	nlmsg_free(msg);