diff --git a/net/core/devlink.c b/net/core/devlink.c
index ab4b1368904f4a..4b0211590aacf1 100644
--- a/net/core/devlink.c
+++ b/net/core/devlink.c
@@ -1448,7 +1448,7 @@ static int devlink_nl_sb_port_pool_fill(struct sk_buff *msg,
 		err = ops->sb_occ_port_pool_get(devlink_port, devlink_sb->index,
 						pool_index, &cur, &max);
 		if (err && err != -EOPNOTSUPP)
-			return err;
+			goto sb_occ_get_failure;
 		if (!err) {
 			if (nla_put_u32(msg, DEVLINK_ATTR_SB_OCC_CUR, cur))
 				goto nla_put_failure;
@@ -1461,8 +1461,10 @@ static int devlink_nl_sb_port_pool_fill(struct sk_buff *msg,
 	return 0;
 
 nla_put_failure:
+	err = -EMSGSIZE;
+sb_occ_get_failure:
 	genlmsg_cancel(msg, hdr);
-	return -EMSGSIZE;
+	return err;
 }
 
 static int devlink_nl_cmd_sb_port_pool_get_doit(struct sk_buff *skb,