diff --git a/net/packet/af_packet.c b/net/packet/af_packet.c
index 53e87ceb26e7..b43c4015b2f7 100644
--- a/net/packet/af_packet.c
+++ b/net/packet/af_packet.c
@@ -1930,10 +1930,8 @@ retry:
 	sockc.tsflags = sk->sk_tsflags;
 	if (msg->msg_controllen) {
 		err = sock_cmsg_send(sk, msg, &sockc);
-		if (unlikely(err)) {
-			err = -EINVAL;
+		if (unlikely(err))
 			goto out_unlock;
-		}
 	}
 
 	skb->protocol = proto;