diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 70058d971205..d23a89b07eed 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -913,7 +913,7 @@ static int addrconf_fixup_forwarding(const struct ctl_table *table, int *p, int
 
 	if (newf)
 		rt6_purge_dflt_routers(net);
-	return 1;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void addrconf_linkdown_change(struct net *net, __s32 newf)
@@ -6370,6 +6370,8 @@ static int addrconf_sysctl_forward(const struct ctl_table *ctl, int write,
 	lctl.data = &val;
 
 	ret = proc_dointvec(&lctl, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	if (write)
 		ret = addrconf_fixup_forwarding(ctl, valp, val);