diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 10cdd150b000..ff382bb578f1 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -927,7 +927,11 @@ static int netlink_bind(struct socket *sock, struct sockaddr *addr,
 		if (err)
 			return err;
 	}
-	groups &= (1UL << nlk->ngroups) - 1;
+
+	if (nlk->ngroups == 0)
+		groups = 0;
+	else
+		groups &= (1ULL << nlk->ngroups) - 1;
 
 	if (nlk->portid)
 		if (nladdr->nl_pid != nlk->portid)