diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index 96accde527da..e827da128c5f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -1887,10 +1887,11 @@ static int inet_dump_ifaddr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 			goto done;
 
 		if (fillargs.ifindex) {
-			err = -ENODEV;
 			dev = dev_get_by_index_rcu(tgt_net, fillargs.ifindex);
-			if (!dev)
+			if (!dev) {
+				err = -ENODEV;
 				goto done;
+			}
 			in_dev = __in_dev_get_rcu(dev);
 			if (!in_dev)
 				goto done;