diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
index 44eba7aa831a4e9a4d9e56e45d2bcc40cd6c1630..ac5bc78edfd7b57ee26e68e5b74b19af41adc3f5 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
@@ -2902,8 +2902,11 @@ static int vxlan_init(struct net_device *dev)
        struct vxlan_dev *vxlan = netdev_priv(dev);
        int err;
 
-       if (vxlan->cfg.flags & VXLAN_F_VNIFILTER)
-               vxlan_vnigroup_init(vxlan);
+       if (vxlan->cfg.flags & VXLAN_F_VNIFILTER) {
+               err = vxlan_vnigroup_init(vxlan);
+               if (err)
+                       return err;
+       }
 
        err = gro_cells_init(&vxlan->gro_cells, dev);
        if (err)