rcu_read_lock();
        cb->seq = net->dev_base_seq;
 
-       nlmsg_parse(cb->nlh, sizeof(struct rtgenmsg), tb, IFLA_MAX,
-                   ifla_policy);
+       if (nlmsg_parse(cb->nlh, sizeof(struct rtgenmsg), tb, IFLA_MAX,
+                       ifla_policy) >= 0) {
 
-       if (tb[IFLA_EXT_MASK])
-               ext_filter_mask = nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_EXT_MASK]);
+               if (tb[IFLA_EXT_MASK])
+                       ext_filter_mask = nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_EXT_MASK]);
+       }
 
        for (h = s_h; h < NETDEV_HASHENTRIES; h++, s_idx = 0) {
                idx = 0;
        u32 ext_filter_mask = 0;
        u16 min_ifinfo_dump_size = 0;
 
-       nlmsg_parse(nlh, sizeof(struct rtgenmsg), tb, IFLA_MAX, ifla_policy);
-
-       if (tb[IFLA_EXT_MASK])
-               ext_filter_mask = nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_EXT_MASK]);
+       if (nlmsg_parse(nlh, sizeof(struct rtgenmsg), tb, IFLA_MAX,
+                       ifla_policy) >= 0) {
+               if (tb[IFLA_EXT_MASK])
+                       ext_filter_mask = nla_get_u32(tb[IFLA_EXT_MASK]);
+       }
 
        if (!ext_filter_mask)
                return NLMSG_GOODSIZE;