diff --git a/drivers/block/nbd.c b/drivers/block/nbd.c
index 32a7ba1674b716c8c7d04216c14715ac36f56fa7..90ba9f4c03f3b3899ae218c44bb0b832df45734f 100644
--- a/drivers/block/nbd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/nbd.c
@@ -2118,8 +2118,7 @@ static int nbd_genl_status(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	}
 	nla_nest_end(reply, dev_list);
 	genlmsg_end(reply, reply_head);
-	genlmsg_reply(reply, info);
-	ret = 0;
+	ret = genlmsg_reply(reply, info);
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&nbd_index_mutex);
 	return ret;