diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 24c456e8aa1d..496b62712fe8 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -2474,8 +2474,12 @@ static int rt6_fill_node(struct net *net,
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	n = dst_get_neighbour_noref(&rt->dst);
-	if (n)
-		NLA_PUT(skb, RTA_GATEWAY, 16, &n->primary_key);
+	if (n) {
+		if (nla_put(skb, RTA_GATEWAY, 16, &n->primary_key) < 0) {
+			rcu_read_unlock();
+			goto nla_put_failure;
+		}
+	}
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	if (rt->dst.dev)