diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 1f21ccb55caa..c901b444a995 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -6467,6 +6467,8 @@ static int addrconf_sysctl_disable(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_disable_ipv6(ctl, valp, val);