*   Create tunnel matching given parameters.
  *
  * Return:
- *   created tunnel or NULL
+ *   created tunnel or error pointer
  **/
 
 static struct ip6_tnl *ip6_tnl_create(struct net *net, struct __ip6_tnl_parm *p)
        struct net_device *dev;
        struct ip6_tnl *t;
        char name[IFNAMSIZ];
-       int err;
+       int err = -ENOMEM;
 
        if (p->name[0])
                strlcpy(name, p->name, IFNAMSIZ);
 failed_free:
        ip6_dev_free(dev);
 failed:
-       return NULL;
+       return ERR_PTR(err);
 }
 
 /**
  *   tunnel device is created and registered for use.
  *
  * Return:
- *   matching tunnel or NULL
+ *   matching tunnel or error pointer
  **/
 
 static struct ip6_tnl *ip6_tnl_locate(struct net *net,
                if (ipv6_addr_equal(local, &t->parms.laddr) &&
                    ipv6_addr_equal(remote, &t->parms.raddr)) {
                        if (create)
-                               return NULL;
+                               return ERR_PTR(-EEXIST);
 
                        return t;
                }
        }
        if (!create)
-               return NULL;
+               return ERR_PTR(-ENODEV);
        return ip6_tnl_create(net, p);
 }
 
                        }
                        ip6_tnl_parm_from_user(&p1, &p);
                        t = ip6_tnl_locate(net, &p1, 0);
-                       if (t == NULL)
+                       if (IS_ERR(t))
                                t = netdev_priv(dev);
                } else {
                        memset(&p, 0, sizeof(p));
                ip6_tnl_parm_from_user(&p1, &p);
                t = ip6_tnl_locate(net, &p1, cmd == SIOCADDTUNNEL);
                if (cmd == SIOCCHGTUNNEL) {
-                       if (t != NULL) {
+                       if (!IS_ERR(t)) {
                                if (t->dev != dev) {
                                        err = -EEXIST;
                                        break;
                        else
                                err = ip6_tnl_update(t, &p1);
                }
-               if (t) {
+               if (!IS_ERR(t)) {
                        err = 0;
                        ip6_tnl_parm_to_user(&p, &t->parms);
                        if (copy_to_user(ifr->ifr_ifru.ifru_data, &p, sizeof(p)))
                                err = -EFAULT;
 
-               } else
-                       err = (cmd == SIOCADDTUNNEL ? -ENOBUFS : -ENOENT);
+               } else {
+                       err = PTR_ERR(t);
+               }
                break;
        case SIOCDELTUNNEL:
                err = -EPERM;
                        err = -ENOENT;
                        ip6_tnl_parm_from_user(&p1, &p);
                        t = ip6_tnl_locate(net, &p1, 0);
-                       if (t == NULL)
+                       if (IS_ERR(t))
                                break;
                        err = -EPERM;
                        if (t->dev == ip6n->fb_tnl_dev)
                           struct nlattr *tb[], struct nlattr *data[])
 {
        struct net *net = dev_net(dev);
-       struct ip6_tnl *nt;
+       struct ip6_tnl *nt, *t;
 
        nt = netdev_priv(dev);
        ip6_tnl_netlink_parms(data, &nt->parms);
 
-       if (ip6_tnl_locate(net, &nt->parms, 0))
+       t = ip6_tnl_locate(net, &nt->parms, 0);
+       if (!IS_ERR(t))
                return -EEXIST;
 
        return ip6_tnl_create2(dev);
        ip6_tnl_netlink_parms(data, &p);
 
        t = ip6_tnl_locate(net, &p, 0);
-
-       if (t) {
+       if (!IS_ERR(t)) {
                if (t->dev != dev)
                        return -EEXIST;
        } else