diff --git a/net/sched/cls_fw.c b/net/sched/cls_fw.c
index 1135d8227f9bf1811a2c45c211b80e6b9a69706f..9b97172db84a7c72c31c2b6bd36141149859eb1c 100644
--- a/net/sched/cls_fw.c
+++ b/net/sched/cls_fw.c
@@ -204,7 +204,6 @@ fw_change_attrs(struct net *net, struct tcf_proto *tp, struct fw_filter *f,
 	if (err < 0)
 		return err;
 
-	err = -EINVAL;
 	if (tb[TCA_FW_CLASSID]) {
 		f->res.classid = nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_FW_CLASSID]);
 		tcf_bind_filter(tp, &f->res, base);
@@ -218,6 +217,7 @@ fw_change_attrs(struct net *net, struct tcf_proto *tp, struct fw_filter *f,
 	}
 #endif /* CONFIG_NET_CLS_IND */
 
+	err = -EINVAL;
 	if (tb[TCA_FW_MASK]) {
 		mask = nla_get_u32(tb[TCA_FW_MASK]);
 		if (mask != head->mask)