diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh_plink.c b/net/mac80211/mesh_plink.c
index 550ebc1463ca4880c5556652766b0a87e382df0f..429f69278d165667ae265929d6fb11148b100bed 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mesh_plink.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mesh_plink.c
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ static int mesh_plink_frame_tx(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 			    2 + 8 + /* peering IE */
 			    sdata->u.mesh.ie_len);
 	if (!skb)
-		return -1;
+		return err;
 	info = IEEE80211_SKB_CB(skb);
 	skb_reserve(skb, local->tx_headroom);
 	mgmt = (struct ieee80211_mgmt *) skb_put(skb, hdr_len);