diff --git a/net/core/fib_rules.c b/net/core/fib_rules.c
index c03dd2104d33..bb26457e8c21 100644
--- a/net/core/fib_rules.c
+++ b/net/core/fib_rules.c
@@ -430,7 +430,6 @@ int fib_nl_newrule(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 		goto errout_free;
 
 	if (rule_exists(ops, frh, tb, rule)) {
-		err = 0;
 		if (nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_EXCL)
 			err = -EEXIST;
 		goto errout_free;