diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c
index 445b7cd0826a..48ab93842322 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip.c
@@ -383,7 +383,7 @@ static int l2tp_ip_backlog_recv(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 drop:
 	IP_INC_STATS(sock_net(sk), IPSTATS_MIB_INDISCARDS);
 	kfree_skb(skb);
-	return -1;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /* Userspace will call sendmsg() on the tunnel socket to send L2TP