diff --git a/net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c b/net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c
index 74ef7dc2b2f9..7ad26128b5f7 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/bat_iv_ogm.c
@@ -790,6 +790,7 @@ static void batadv_iv_ogm_schedule_buff(struct batadv_hard_iface *hard_iface)
 	u32 seqno;
 	u16 tvlv_len = 0;
 	unsigned long send_time;
+	int ret;
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&hard_iface->bat_iv.ogm_buff_mutex);
 
@@ -813,9 +814,18 @@ static void batadv_iv_ogm_schedule_buff(struct batadv_hard_iface *hard_iface)
 		 * appended as it may alter the tt tvlv container
 		 */
 		batadv_tt_local_commit_changes(bat_priv);
-		tvlv_len = batadv_tvlv_container_ogm_append(bat_priv, ogm_buff,
-							    ogm_buff_len,
-							    BATADV_OGM_HLEN);
+		ret = batadv_tvlv_container_ogm_append(bat_priv, ogm_buff,
+						       ogm_buff_len,
+						       BATADV_OGM_HLEN);
+		if (ret < 0) {
+			/* OGMs must be queued even when the buffer allocation for
+			 * TVLVs failed. just fall back to the non-TVLV version
+			 */
+			ret = 0;
+			*ogm_buff_len = BATADV_OGM_HLEN;
+		}
+
+		tvlv_len = ret;
 	}
 
 	batadv_ogm_packet = (struct batadv_ogm_packet *)(*ogm_buff);
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/bat_v_ogm.c b/net/batman-adv/bat_v_ogm.c
index e955b4940c72..d66ca77b1aaa 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/bat_v_ogm.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/bat_v_ogm.c
@@ -269,10 +269,10 @@ static void batadv_v_ogm_send_meshif(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv)
 	struct batadv_hard_iface *hard_iface;
 	struct batadv_ogm2_packet *ogm_packet;
 	struct sk_buff *skb, *skb_tmp;
-	unsigned char *ogm_buff;
+	unsigned char **ogm_buff;
 	struct list_head *iter;
-	int ogm_buff_len;
-	u16 tvlv_len = 0;
+	int *ogm_buff_len;
+	u16 tvlv_len;
 	int ret;
 
 	lockdep_assert_held(&bat_priv->bat_v.ogm_buff_mutex);
@@ -280,25 +280,27 @@ static void batadv_v_ogm_send_meshif(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv)
 	if (atomic_read(&bat_priv->mesh_state) == BATADV_MESH_DEACTIVATING)
 		goto out;
 
-	ogm_buff = bat_priv->bat_v.ogm_buff;
-	ogm_buff_len = bat_priv->bat_v.ogm_buff_len;
+	ogm_buff = &bat_priv->bat_v.ogm_buff;
+	ogm_buff_len = &bat_priv->bat_v.ogm_buff_len;
+
 	/* tt changes have to be committed before the tvlv data is
 	 * appended as it may alter the tt tvlv container
 	 */
 	batadv_tt_local_commit_changes(bat_priv);
-	tvlv_len = batadv_tvlv_container_ogm_append(bat_priv, &ogm_buff,
-						    &ogm_buff_len,
-						    BATADV_OGM2_HLEN);
+	ret = batadv_tvlv_container_ogm_append(bat_priv, ogm_buff,
+					       ogm_buff_len,
+					       BATADV_OGM2_HLEN);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		goto reschedule;
 
-	bat_priv->bat_v.ogm_buff = ogm_buff;
-	bat_priv->bat_v.ogm_buff_len = ogm_buff_len;
+	tvlv_len = ret;
 
-	skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(NULL, ETH_HLEN + ogm_buff_len);
+	skb = netdev_alloc_skb_ip_align(NULL, ETH_HLEN + *ogm_buff_len);
 	if (!skb)
 		goto reschedule;
 
 	skb_reserve(skb, ETH_HLEN);
-	skb_put_data(skb, ogm_buff, ogm_buff_len);
+	skb_put_data(skb, *ogm_buff, *ogm_buff_len);
 
 	ogm_packet = (struct batadv_ogm2_packet *)skb->data;
 	ogm_packet->seqno = htonl(atomic_read(&bat_priv->bat_v.ogm_seqno));
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/tvlv.c b/net/batman-adv/tvlv.c
index 8129a3f9c44d..46ed61dbf087 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/tvlv.c
+++ b/net/batman-adv/tvlv.c
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include <linux/byteorder/generic.h>
 #include <linux/container_of.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/etherdevice.h>
 #include <linux/gfp.h>
 #include <linux/if_ether.h>
@@ -306,9 +307,10 @@ static bool batadv_tvlv_realloc_packet_buff(unsigned char **packet_buff,
  * The ogm packet might be enlarged or shrunk depending on the current size
  * and the size of the to-be-appended tvlv containers.
  *
- * Return: size of all appended tvlv containers in bytes.
+ * Return: size of all appended tvlv containers in bytes (max U16_MAX), negative
+ *  if operation failed
  */
-u16 batadv_tvlv_container_ogm_append(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
+int batadv_tvlv_container_ogm_append(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 				     unsigned char **packet_buff,
 				     int *packet_buff_len, int packet_min_len)
 {
@@ -316,6 +318,7 @@ u16 batadv_tvlv_container_ogm_append(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 	struct batadv_tvlv_hdr *tvlv_hdr;
 	u16 tvlv_value_len;
 	void *tvlv_value;
+	int tvlv_len_ret;
 	bool ret;
 
 	spin_lock_bh(&bat_priv->tvlv.container_list_lock);
@@ -323,9 +326,12 @@ u16 batadv_tvlv_container_ogm_append(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 
 	ret = batadv_tvlv_realloc_packet_buff(packet_buff, packet_buff_len,
 					      packet_min_len, tvlv_value_len);
-
-	if (!ret)
+	if (!ret) {
+		tvlv_len_ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto end;
+	}
+
+	tvlv_len_ret = tvlv_value_len;
 
 	if (!tvlv_value_len)
 		goto end;
@@ -344,7 +350,8 @@ u16 batadv_tvlv_container_ogm_append(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 
 end:
 	spin_unlock_bh(&bat_priv->tvlv.container_list_lock);
-	return tvlv_value_len;
+
+	return tvlv_len_ret;
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/net/batman-adv/tvlv.h b/net/batman-adv/tvlv.h
index e5697230d991..f96f6b3f44a0 100644
--- a/net/batman-adv/tvlv.h
+++ b/net/batman-adv/tvlv.h
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 void batadv_tvlv_container_register(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 				    u8 type, u8 version,
 				    void *tvlv_value, u16 tvlv_value_len);
-u16 batadv_tvlv_container_ogm_append(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
+int batadv_tvlv_container_ogm_append(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,
 				     unsigned char **packet_buff,
 				     int *packet_buff_len, int packet_min_len);
 void batadv_tvlv_ogm_receive(struct batadv_priv *bat_priv,