diff --git a/net/bridge/br.c b/net/bridge/br.c
index 401eeb9142eb..1b169f8e7491 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br.c
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ static int br_device_event(struct notifier_block *unused, unsigned long event, v
 
 		if (event == NETDEV_REGISTER) {
 			/* register of bridge completed, add sysfs entries */
-			br_sysfs_addbr(dev);
+			err = br_sysfs_addbr(dev);
+			if (err)
+				return notifier_from_errno(err);
+
 			return NOTIFY_DONE;
 		}
 	}