diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index 608a6f4223fb..fecd0e7672b5 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -1826,7 +1826,7 @@ static int inet_dump_ifaddr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 	if (fillargs.netnsid >= 0)
 		put_net(tgt_net);
 
-	return err < 0 ? err : skb->len;
+	return skb->len ? : err;
 }
 
 static void rtmsg_ifa(int event, struct in_ifaddr *ifa, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 045597b9a7c0..e3cb53b0ef67 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -5154,7 +5154,7 @@ static int inet6_dump_addr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb,
 	if (fillargs.netnsid >= 0)
 		put_net(tgt_net);
 
-	return err < 0 ? err : skb->len;
+	return skb->len ? : err;
 }
 
 static int inet6_dump_ifaddr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)