diff --git a/net/core/fib_rules.c b/net/core/fib_rules.c
index 5229d1cf51fd..b08c69730a72 100644
--- a/net/core/fib_rules.c
+++ b/net/core/fib_rules.c
@@ -564,6 +564,7 @@ int fib_nl_newrule(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	}
 
 	if (rule_exists(ops, frh, tb, rule)) {
+		err = 0;
 		if (nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_EXCL)
 			err = -EEXIST;
 		goto errout_free;