diff --git a/net/key/af_key.c b/net/key/af_key.c
index bd9b5c573b5a..61505b0df57d 100644
--- a/net/key/af_key.c
+++ b/net/key/af_key.c
@@ -2830,8 +2830,10 @@ static int pfkey_process(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, const struct sadb
 	void *ext_hdrs[SADB_EXT_MAX];
 	int err;
 
-	pfkey_broadcast(skb_clone(skb, GFP_KERNEL), GFP_KERNEL,
-			BROADCAST_PROMISC_ONLY, NULL, sock_net(sk));
+	err = pfkey_broadcast(skb_clone(skb, GFP_KERNEL), GFP_KERNEL,
+			      BROADCAST_PROMISC_ONLY, NULL, sock_net(sk));
+	if (err)
+		return err;
 
 	memset(ext_hdrs, 0, sizeof(ext_hdrs));
 	err = parse_exthdrs(skb, hdr, ext_hdrs);