diff --git a/net/core/fib_rules.c b/net/core/fib_rules.c
index 96622bfb838a..3f933ffcefc3 100644
--- a/net/core/fib_rules.c
+++ b/net/core/fib_rules.c
@@ -593,7 +593,6 @@ static int fib_nl2rule(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	if (tb[FRA_TUN_ID])
 		nlrule->tun_id = nla_get_be64(tb[FRA_TUN_ID]);
 
-	err = -EINVAL;
 	if (tb[FRA_L3MDEV] &&
 	    fib_nl2rule_l3mdev(tb[FRA_L3MDEV], nlrule, extack) < 0)
 		goto errout_free;