diff --git a/drivers/net/veth.c b/drivers/net/veth.c
index 4ba86fa4d649..743716ebebdb 100644
--- a/drivers/net/veth.c
+++ b/drivers/net/veth.c
@@ -285,6 +285,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t veth_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	struct veth_priv *rcv_priv, *priv = netdev_priv(dev);
 	struct veth_rq *rq = NULL;
+	int ret = NETDEV_TX_OK;
 	struct net_device *rcv;
 	int length = skb->len;
 	bool rcv_xdp = false;
@@ -311,6 +312,7 @@ static netdev_tx_t veth_xmit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev)
 	} else {
 drop:
 		atomic64_inc(&priv->dropped);
+		ret = NET_XMIT_DROP;
 	}
 
 	if (rcv_xdp)
@@ -318,7 +320,7 @@ drop:
 
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
-	return NETDEV_TX_OK;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static u64 veth_stats_tx(struct net_device *dev, u64 *packets, u64 *bytes)