diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h
index 5f1208ad049e..1e7dddf824ae 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_hash_gen.h
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ mtype_resize(struct ip_set *set, bool retried)
 	struct htype *h = set->data;
 	struct htable *t, *orig;
 	u8 htable_bits;
-	size_t dsize = set->dsize;
+	size_t hsize, dsize = set->dsize;
 #ifdef IP_SET_HASH_WITH_NETS
 	u8 flags;
 	struct mtype_elem *tmp;
@@ -664,14 +664,12 @@ mtype_resize(struct ip_set *set, bool retried)
 retry:
 	ret = 0;
 	htable_bits++;
-	if (!htable_bits) {
-		/* In case we have plenty of memory :-) */
-		pr_warn("Cannot increase the hashsize of set %s further\n",
-			set->name);
-		ret = -IPSET_ERR_HASH_FULL;
-		goto out;
-	}
-	t = ip_set_alloc(htable_size(htable_bits));
+	if (!htable_bits)
+		goto hbwarn;
+	hsize = htable_size(htable_bits);
+	if (!hsize)
+		goto hbwarn;
+	t = ip_set_alloc(hsize);
 	if (!t) {
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto out;
@@ -813,6 +811,12 @@ cleanup:
 	if (ret == -EAGAIN)
 		goto retry;
 	goto out;
+
+hbwarn:
+	/* In case we have plenty of memory :-) */
+	pr_warn("Cannot increase the hashsize of set %s further\n", set->name);
+	ret = -IPSET_ERR_HASH_FULL;
+	goto out;
 }
 
 /* Get the current number of elements and ext_size in the set  */