diff --git a/net/sched/cls_fw.c b/net/sched/cls_fw.c
index db6e90a..a1a9f4d 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_fw.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_fw.c
@@ -246,8 +246,9 @@
 	if (!opt)
 		return handle ? -EINVAL : 0;
 
-	if (nla_parse_nested(tb, TCA_FW_MAX, opt, NULL) < 0)
-		return -EINVAL;
+	err = nla_parse_nested(tb, TCA_FW_MAX, opt, NULL);
+	if (err < 0)
+		return err;
 
 	if (f != NULL) {
 		if (f->id != handle && handle)