diff --git a/net/shaper/shaper.c b/net/shaper/shaper.c
index c8960821cf23..12e5e0c18643 100644
--- a/net/shaper/shaper.c
+++ b/net/shaper/shaper.c
@@ -1276,8 +1276,10 @@ int net_shaper_nl_group_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	 * rollback on allocation failure.
 	 */
 	msg = genlmsg_new(net_shaper_handle_size(), GFP_KERNEL);
-	if (!msg)
+	if (!msg) {
+		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto free_leaves;
+	}
 
 	hierarchy = net_shaper_hierarchy_setup(binding);
 	if (!hierarchy) {