diff --git a/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c b/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
index 56d55fecf8ec..aa7bedf780e5 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
@@ -975,6 +975,9 @@ static int do_ipv6_getsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,
 		len = ipv6_getsockopt_sticky(sk, np->opt,
 					     optname, optval, len);
 		release_sock(sk);
+		/* check if ipv6_getsockopt_sticky() returns err code */
+		if (len < 0)
+			return len;
 		return put_user(len, optlen);
 	}