diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
index f011af6601c9..6146e4e67bbb 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ppp.c
@@ -1356,11 +1356,11 @@ static int pppol2tp_getsockopt(struct socket *sock, int level, int optname,
 	if (get_user(len, optlen))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	len = min_t(unsigned int, len, sizeof(int));
-
 	if (len < 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
+	len = min_t(unsigned int, len, sizeof(int));
+
 	err = -ENOTCONN;
 	if (!sk->sk_user_data)
 		goto end;