diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan.c b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
index 24260ced86d2e6f84f95ba9240a5617c070c63e4..78df8f39e57cec7e9280811005b4a417b45ff35d 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan.c
@@ -2285,7 +2285,7 @@ static struct vxlan_sock *vxlan_socket_create(struct net *net, __be16 port,
 		sock = create_v4_sock(net, port);
 	if (IS_ERR(sock)) {
 		kfree(vs);
-		return ERR_PTR(PTR_ERR(sock));
+		return ERR_CAST(sock);
 	}
 
 	vs->sock = sock;