diff --git a/drivers/net/team/team.c b/drivers/net/team/team.c
index 82ded1820caf436852959d1c0421887408936a80..e977f440c3785e64f250e4ed63cb6f45a7b5a9d0 100644
--- a/drivers/net/team/team.c
+++ b/drivers/net/team/team.c
@@ -1849,7 +1849,7 @@ static int team_nl_fill_port_list_get(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 	port_list = nla_nest_start(skb, TEAM_ATTR_LIST_PORT);
 	if (!port_list)
-		return -EMSGSIZE;
+		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	list_for_each_entry(port, &team->port_list, list) {
 		struct nlattr *port_item;