diff --git a/net/core/netdev-genl.c b/net/core/netdev-genl.c
index cb18db681640..04dcd7fc614e 100644
--- a/net/core/netdev-genl.c
+++ b/net/core/netdev-genl.c
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ netdev_nl_queue_fill_lease(struct sk_buff *rsp, struct net_device *netdev,
 nla_put_failure_unlock:
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 nla_put_failure:
-	return -ENOMEM;
+	return -EMSGSIZE;
 }
 
 static int