diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index 670e6f3df5893adc1a68f9d5616ea1a837a01fe1..a2621b5af1fd4a1f213ba6e0d61517b713367f85 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -2374,14 +2374,17 @@ struct rtable *ip_route_output_key_hash_rcu(struct net *net, struct flowi4 *fl4,
 	int orig_oif = fl4->flowi4_oif;
 	unsigned int flags = 0;
 	struct rtable *rth;
-	int err = -ENETUNREACH;
+	int err;
 
 	if (fl4->saddr) {
-		rth = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 		if (ipv4_is_multicast(fl4->saddr) ||
 		    ipv4_is_lbcast(fl4->saddr) ||
-		    ipv4_is_zeronet(fl4->saddr))
+		    ipv4_is_zeronet(fl4->saddr)) {
+			rth = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 			goto out;
+		}
+
+		rth = ERR_PTR(-ENETUNREACH);
 
 		/* I removed check for oif == dev_out->oif here.
 		   It was wrong for two reasons: