audit_info.secid = 0;
        err = xfrm_policy_flush(net, XFRM_POLICY_TYPE_MAIN, &audit_info);
        if (err)
-               return err;
+               return 0;
        c.data.type = XFRM_POLICY_TYPE_MAIN;
        c.event = XFRM_MSG_FLUSHPOLICY;
        c.pid = hdr->sadb_msg_pid;
 
 
 int xfrm_policy_flush(struct net *net, u8 type, struct xfrm_audit *audit_info)
 {
-       int dir, err = 0;
+       int dir, err = 0, cnt = 0;
+       struct xfrm_policy *dp;
 
        write_lock_bh(&xfrm_policy_lock);
 
                                     &net->xfrm.policy_inexact[dir], bydst) {
                        if (pol->type != type)
                                continue;
-                       __xfrm_policy_unlink(pol, dir);
+                       dp = __xfrm_policy_unlink(pol, dir);
                        write_unlock_bh(&xfrm_policy_lock);
+                       if (dp)
+                               cnt++;
 
                        xfrm_audit_policy_delete(pol, 1, audit_info->loginuid,
                                                 audit_info->sessionid,
                                             bydst) {
                                if (pol->type != type)
                                        continue;
-                               __xfrm_policy_unlink(pol, dir);
+                               dp = __xfrm_policy_unlink(pol, dir);
                                write_unlock_bh(&xfrm_policy_lock);
+                               if (dp)
+                                       cnt++;
 
                                xfrm_audit_policy_delete(pol, 1,
                                                         audit_info->loginuid,
                }
 
        }
+       if (!cnt)
+               err = -ESRCH;
        atomic_inc(&flow_cache_genid);
 out:
        write_unlock_bh(&xfrm_policy_lock);
 
        audit_info.secid = NETLINK_CB(skb).sid;
        err = xfrm_policy_flush(net, type, &audit_info);
        if (err)
-               return err;
+               return 0;
        c.data.type = type;
        c.event = nlh->nlmsg_type;
        c.seq = nlh->nlmsg_seq;