diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index d444daf1ac04..6f02499ef007 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -1081,6 +1081,7 @@ static int genlmsg_mcast(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid, unsigned long group,
 {
 	struct sk_buff *tmp;
 	struct net *net, *prev = NULL;
+	bool delivered = false;
 	int err;
 
 	for_each_net_rcu(net) {
@@ -1092,14 +1093,21 @@ static int genlmsg_mcast(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid, unsigned long group,
 			}
 			err = nlmsg_multicast(prev->genl_sock, tmp,
 					      portid, group, flags);
-			if (err)
+			if (!err)
+				delivered = true;
+			else if (err != -ESRCH)
 				goto error;
 		}
 
 		prev = net;
 	}
 
-	return nlmsg_multicast(prev->genl_sock, skb, portid, group, flags);
+	err = nlmsg_multicast(prev->genl_sock, skb, portid, group, flags);
+	if (!err)
+		delivered = true;
+	else if (err != -ESRCH)
+		goto error;
+	return delivered ? 0 : -ESRCH;
  error:
 	kfree_skb(skb);
 	return err;