if (addr.addr.family == AF_UNSPEC) {
                lookup_by_id = 1;
-               if (!addr.addr.id)
+               if (!addr.addr.id) {
+                       GENL_SET_ERR_MSG(info, "missing required inputs");
                        return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+               }
        }
 
        if (addr.flags & MPTCP_PM_ADDR_FLAG_BACKUP)
        entry = __lookup_addr(pernet, &addr.addr, lookup_by_id);
        if (!entry) {
                spin_unlock_bh(&pernet->lock);
+               GENL_SET_ERR_MSG(info, "address not found");
                return -EINVAL;
        }
        if ((addr.flags & MPTCP_PM_ADDR_FLAG_FULLMESH) &&
            (entry->flags & MPTCP_PM_ADDR_FLAG_SIGNAL)) {
                spin_unlock_bh(&pernet->lock);
+               GENL_SET_ERR_MSG(info, "invalid addr flags");
                return -EINVAL;
        }
 
 
        token_val = nla_get_u32(token);
 
        msk = mptcp_token_get_sock(net, token_val);
-       if (!msk)
+       if (!msk) {
+               NL_SET_ERR_MSG_ATTR(info->extack, token, "invalid token");
                return ret;
+       }
 
        sk = (struct sock *)msk;
 
-       if (!mptcp_pm_is_userspace(msk))
+       if (!mptcp_pm_is_userspace(msk)) {
+               GENL_SET_ERR_MSG(info, "userspace PM not selected");
                goto set_flags_err;
+       }
 
        ret = mptcp_pm_parse_entry(attr, info, false, &loc);
        if (ret < 0)
 
        if (loc.addr.family == AF_UNSPEC ||
            rem.addr.family == AF_UNSPEC) {
+               GENL_SET_ERR_MSG(info, "invalid address families");
                ret = -EINVAL;
                goto set_flags_err;
        }