diff --git a/net/8021q/vlan_netlink.c b/net/8021q/vlan_netlink.c
index b2a4b8b5a0cd..0db85aeb119b 100644
--- a/net/8021q/vlan_netlink.c
+++ b/net/8021q/vlan_netlink.c
@@ -108,11 +108,13 @@ static int vlan_changelink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
 	struct ifla_vlan_flags *flags;
 	struct ifla_vlan_qos_mapping *m;
 	struct nlattr *attr;
-	int rem;
+	int rem, err;
 
 	if (data[IFLA_VLAN_FLAGS]) {
 		flags = nla_data(data[IFLA_VLAN_FLAGS]);
-		vlan_dev_change_flags(dev, flags->flags, flags->mask);
+		err = vlan_dev_change_flags(dev, flags->flags, flags->mask);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
 	}
 	if (data[IFLA_VLAN_INGRESS_QOS]) {
 		nla_for_each_nested(attr, data[IFLA_VLAN_INGRESS_QOS], rem) {
@@ -123,7 +125,9 @@ static int vlan_changelink(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[],
 	if (data[IFLA_VLAN_EGRESS_QOS]) {
 		nla_for_each_nested(attr, data[IFLA_VLAN_EGRESS_QOS], rem) {
 			m = nla_data(attr);
-			vlan_dev_set_egress_priority(dev, m->from, m->to);
+			err = vlan_dev_set_egress_priority(dev, m->from, m->to);
+			if (err)
+				return err;
 		}
 	}
 	return 0;