diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 9b97f8006c9c..349aba189558 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -886,7 +886,7 @@ int netlink_unicast(struct sock *ssk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		return netlink_unicast_kernel(sk, skb);
 
 	if (sk_filter(sk, skb)) {
-		int err = skb->len;
+		err = skb->len;
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 		sock_put(sk);
 		return err;