if (nlk_has_extack && extack && extack->_msg)
                tlvlen += nla_total_size(strlen(extack->_msg) + 1);
 
-       if (err) {
-               if (!(nlk->flags & NETLINK_F_CAP_ACK))
-                       payload += nlmsg_len(nlh);
-               else
-                       flags |= NLM_F_CAPPED;
-               if (nlk_has_extack && extack && extack->bad_attr)
-                       tlvlen += nla_total_size(sizeof(u32));
-       } else {
+       if (err && !(nlk->flags & NETLINK_F_CAP_ACK))
+               payload += nlmsg_len(nlh);
+       else
                flags |= NLM_F_CAPPED;
-
-               if (nlk_has_extack && extack && extack->cookie_len)
-                       tlvlen += nla_total_size(extack->cookie_len);
-       }
+       if (err && nlk_has_extack && extack && extack->bad_attr)
+               tlvlen += nla_total_size(sizeof(u32));
+       if (nlk_has_extack && extack && extack->cookie_len)
+               tlvlen += nla_total_size(extack->cookie_len);
 
        if (tlvlen)
                flags |= NLM_F_ACK_TLVS;
                        WARN_ON(nla_put_string(skb, NLMSGERR_ATTR_MSG,
                                               extack->_msg));
                }
-               if (err) {
-                       if (extack->bad_attr &&
-                           !WARN_ON((u8 *)extack->bad_attr < in_skb->data ||
-                                    (u8 *)extack->bad_attr >= in_skb->data +
-                                                              in_skb->len))
-                               WARN_ON(nla_put_u32(skb, NLMSGERR_ATTR_OFFS,
-                                                   (u8 *)extack->bad_attr -
-                                                   (u8 *)nlh));
-               } else {
-                       if (extack->cookie_len)
-                               WARN_ON(nla_put(skb, NLMSGERR_ATTR_COOKIE,
-                                               extack->cookie_len,
-                                               extack->cookie));
-               }
+               if (err && extack->bad_attr &&
+                   !WARN_ON((u8 *)extack->bad_attr < in_skb->data ||
+                            (u8 *)extack->bad_attr >= in_skb->data +
+                                                      in_skb->len))
+                       WARN_ON(nla_put_u32(skb, NLMSGERR_ATTR_OFFS,
+                                           (u8 *)extack->bad_attr -
+                                           (u8 *)nlh));
+               if (extack->cookie_len)
+                       WARN_ON(nla_put(skb, NLMSGERR_ATTR_COOKIE,
+                                       extack->cookie_len, extack->cookie));
        }
 
        nlmsg_end(skb, rep);