diff --git a/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c b/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
index e5846d1f9b55..9b92960f024d 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ip6mr.c
@@ -1787,7 +1787,8 @@ int ip6_mroute_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int optname, char __user *optval, uns
 		ret = 0;
 		if (!ip6mr_new_table(net, v))
 			ret = -ENOMEM;
-		raw6_sk(sk)->ip6mr_table = v;
+		else
+			raw6_sk(sk)->ip6mr_table = v;
 		rtnl_unlock();
 		return ret;
 	}