diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 8e56eeb583aaa05e06a607d098d9ef2c00e81dd7..c5661c5ad8f32817def75431bd8901a09189ccfe 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -11788,7 +11788,7 @@ void cfg80211_del_sta_sinfo(struct net_device *dev, const u8 *mac_addr,
 		return;
 
 	if (nl80211_send_station(msg, NL80211_CMD_DEL_STATION, 0, 0, 0,
-				 rdev, dev, mac_addr, sinfo)) {
+				 rdev, dev, mac_addr, sinfo) < 0) {
 		nlmsg_free(msg);
 		return;
 	}