diff --git a/net/ipv6/route.c b/net/ipv6/route.c
index 5f0043c..f4fda80 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/route.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/route.c
@@ -2040,7 +2040,7 @@
 
 	nlh = nlmsg_put(skb, pid, seq, type, sizeof(*rtm), flags);
 	if (nlh == NULL)
-		return -ENOBUFS;
+		return -EMSGSIZE;
 
 	rtm = nlmsg_data(nlh);
 	rtm->rtm_family = AF_INET6;
@@ -2111,7 +2111,8 @@
 	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
 
 nla_put_failure:
-	return nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
+	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
+	return -EMSGSIZE;
 }
 
 int rt6_dump_route(struct rt6_info *rt, void *p_arg)
@@ -2222,9 +2223,12 @@
 		goto errout;
 
 	err = rt6_fill_node(skb, rt, NULL, NULL, 0, event, pid, seq, 0, 0);
-	/* failure implies BUG in rt6_nlmsg_size() */
-	BUG_ON(err < 0);
-
+	if (err < 0) {
+		/* -EMSGSIZE implies BUG in rt6_nlmsg_size() */
+		WARN_ON(err == -EMSGSIZE);
+		kfree_skb(skb);
+		goto errout;
+	}
 	err = rtnl_notify(skb, pid, RTNLGRP_IPV6_ROUTE, nlh, gfp_any());
 errout:
 	if (err < 0)