diff --git a/net/tipc/name_table.c b/net/tipc/name_table.c
index 66a65c2cdb23..c52083522b28 100644
--- a/net/tipc/name_table.c
+++ b/net/tipc/name_table.c
@@ -812,7 +812,7 @@ static int __tipc_nl_add_nametable_publ(struct tipc_nl_msg *msg,
 		list_for_each_entry(p, &sr->all_publ, all_publ)
 			if (p->key == *last_key)
 				break;
-		if (p->key != *last_key)
+		if (list_entry_is_head(p, &sr->all_publ, all_publ))
 			return -EPIPE;
 	} else {
 		p = list_first_entry(&sr->all_publ,
diff --git a/net/tipc/socket.c b/net/tipc/socket.c
index fbbac9ba2862..f4217673eee7 100644
--- a/net/tipc/socket.c
+++ b/net/tipc/socket.c
@@ -3590,7 +3590,7 @@ static int __tipc_nl_list_sk_publ(struct sk_buff *skb,
 			if (p->key == *last_publ)
 				break;
 		}
-		if (p->key != *last_publ) {
+		if (list_entry_is_head(p, &tsk->publications, binding_sock)) {
 			/* We never set seq or call nl_dump_check_consistent()
 			 * this means that setting prev_seq here will cause the
 			 * consistence check to fail in the netlink callback