WRITE_ONCE(ifa->ifa_cstamp, ifa->ifa_tstamp);
 }
 
-static struct in_ifaddr *rtm_to_ifaddr(struct net *net, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
-                                      __u32 *pvalid_lft, __u32 *pprefered_lft,
-                                      struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+static int inet_validate_rtm(struct nlmsghdr *nlh, struct nlattr **tb,
+                            struct netlink_ext_ack *extack,
+                            __u32 *valid_lft, __u32 *prefered_lft)
 {
-       struct nlattr *tb[IFA_MAX+1];
-       struct in_ifaddr *ifa;
-       struct ifaddrmsg *ifm;
-       struct net_device *dev;
-       struct in_device *in_dev;
+       struct ifaddrmsg *ifm = nlmsg_data(nlh);
        int err;
 
        err = nlmsg_parse_deprecated(nlh, sizeof(*ifm), tb, IFA_MAX,
                                     ifa_ipv4_policy, extack);
        if (err < 0)
-               goto errout;
-
-       ifm = nlmsg_data(nlh);
-       err = -EINVAL;
+               return err;
 
        if (ifm->ifa_prefixlen > 32) {
                NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "ipv4: Invalid prefix length");
-               goto errout;
+               return -EINVAL;
        }
 
        if (!tb[IFA_LOCAL]) {
                NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "ipv4: Local address is not supplied");
-               goto errout;
+               return -EINVAL;
        }
 
+       if (tb[IFA_CACHEINFO]) {
+               struct ifa_cacheinfo *ci;
+
+               ci = nla_data(tb[IFA_CACHEINFO]);
+               if (!ci->ifa_valid || ci->ifa_prefered > ci->ifa_valid) {
+                       NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "ipv4: address lifetime invalid");
+                       return -EINVAL;
+               }
+
+               *valid_lft = ci->ifa_valid;
+               *prefered_lft = ci->ifa_prefered;
+       }
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
+static struct in_ifaddr *inet_rtm_to_ifa(struct net *net, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
+                                        struct nlattr **tb,
+                                        struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+{
+       struct ifaddrmsg *ifm = nlmsg_data(nlh);
+       struct in_device *in_dev;
+       struct net_device *dev;
+       struct in_ifaddr *ifa;
+       int err;
+
        dev = __dev_get_by_index(net, ifm->ifa_index);
        err = -ENODEV;
        if (!dev) {
        if (tb[IFA_PROTO])
                ifa->ifa_proto = nla_get_u8(tb[IFA_PROTO]);
 
-       if (tb[IFA_CACHEINFO]) {
-               struct ifa_cacheinfo *ci;
-
-               ci = nla_data(tb[IFA_CACHEINFO]);
-               if (!ci->ifa_valid || ci->ifa_prefered > ci->ifa_valid) {
-                       NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "ipv4: address lifetime invalid");
-                       err = -EINVAL;
-                       goto errout_free;
-               }
-               *pvalid_lft = ci->ifa_valid;
-               *pprefered_lft = ci->ifa_prefered;
-       }
-
        return ifa;
 
-errout_free:
-       inet_free_ifa(ifa);
 errout:
        return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 static int inet_rtm_newaddr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
                            struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
 {
+       __u32 prefered_lft = INFINITY_LIFE_TIME;
+       __u32 valid_lft = INFINITY_LIFE_TIME;
        struct net *net = sock_net(skb->sk);
-       struct in_ifaddr *ifa;
        struct in_ifaddr *ifa_existing;
-       __u32 valid_lft = INFINITY_LIFE_TIME;
-       __u32 prefered_lft = INFINITY_LIFE_TIME;
+       struct nlattr *tb[IFA_MAX + 1];
+       struct in_ifaddr *ifa;
+       int ret;
 
        ASSERT_RTNL();
 
-       ifa = rtm_to_ifaddr(net, nlh, &valid_lft, &prefered_lft, extack);
+       ret = inet_validate_rtm(nlh, tb, extack, &valid_lft, &prefered_lft);
+       if (ret < 0)
+               return ret;
+
+       ifa = inet_rtm_to_ifa(net, nlh, tb, extack);
        if (IS_ERR(ifa))
                return PTR_ERR(ifa);
 
                 */
                set_ifa_lifetime(ifa, valid_lft, prefered_lft);
                if (ifa->ifa_flags & IFA_F_MCAUTOJOIN) {
-                       int ret = ip_mc_autojoin_config(net, true, ifa);
-
+                       ret = ip_mc_autojoin_config(net, true, ifa);
                        if (ret < 0) {
                                NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "ipv4: Multicast auto join failed");
                                inet_free_ifa(ifa);