diff --git a/net/ethtool/rss.c b/net/ethtool/rss.c
index 8ffec9785efa..a16ee1e8e640 100644
--- a/net/ethtool/rss.c
+++ b/net/ethtool/rss.c
@@ -1170,8 +1170,10 @@ int ethnl_rss_delete_doit(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 	dev = req.dev;
 	ops = dev->ethtool_ops;
 
-	if (!ops->create_rxfh_context)
+	if (!ops->create_rxfh_context) {
+		ret = -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		goto exit_free_dev;
+	}
 
 	rtnl_lock();
 	netdev_lock_ops(dev);