diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index e41ce2a..49f281e 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1044,11 +1044,12 @@ static int rtnl_dump_ifinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 
-	nlmsg_parse(cb->nlh, sizeof(struct rtgenmsg), tb, IFLA_MAX,
-		    ifla_policy);
+	if (nlmsg_parse(cb->nlh, sizeof(struct rtgenmsg), tb, IFLA_MAX,
+			ifla_policy) >= 0) {
 
-	if (tb[IFLA_EXT_MASK])
-		ext_filter_mask = nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_EXT_MASK]);
+		if (tb[IFLA_EXT_MASK])
+			ext_filter_mask = nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_EXT_MASK]);
+	}
 
 	for (h = s_h; h < NETDEV_HASHENTRIES; h++, s_idx = 0) {
 		idx = 0;
@@ -1874,10 +1875,11 @@ static u16 rtnl_calcit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 	u32 ext_filter_mask = 0;
 	u16 min_ifinfo_dump_size = 0;
 
-	nlmsg_parse(nlh, sizeof(struct rtgenmsg), tb, IFLA_MAX, ifla_policy);
-
-	if (tb[IFLA_EXT_MASK])
-		ext_filter_mask = nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_EXT_MASK]);
+	if (nlmsg_parse(nlh, sizeof(struct rtgenmsg), tb, IFLA_MAX,
+			ifla_policy) >= 0) {
+		if (tb[IFLA_EXT_MASK])
+			ext_filter_mask = nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_EXT_MASK]);
+	}
 
 	if (!ext_filter_mask)
 		return NLMSG_GOODSIZE;