diff --git a/net/ipv4/route.c b/net/ipv4/route.c
index a60078de1191..42132ac2c497 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/route.c
@@ -2209,7 +2209,7 @@ struct rtable *__ip_route_output_key_hash(struct net *net, struct flowi4 *fl4,
 	struct fib_result res;
 	struct rtable *rth;
 	int orig_oif;
-	int err = -ENETUNREACH;
+	int err;
 
 	res.tclassid	= 0;
 	res.fi		= NULL;
@@ -2224,11 +2224,14 @@ struct rtable *__ip_route_output_key_hash(struct net *net, struct flowi4 *fl4,
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	if (fl4->saddr) {
-		rth = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 		if (ipv4_is_multicast(fl4->saddr) ||
 		    ipv4_is_lbcast(fl4->saddr) ||
-		    ipv4_is_zeronet(fl4->saddr))
+		    ipv4_is_zeronet(fl4->saddr)) {
+			rth = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 			goto out;
+		}
+
+		rth = ERR_PTR(-ENETUNREACH);
 
 		/* I removed check for oif == dev_out->oif here.
 		   It was wrong for two reasons: