diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
index ec0689ddc6356babe4d26f484102ec60e3acd577..4c5c2331e7648fb84c26bc791a8de914e0336e05 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
@@ -2531,7 +2531,7 @@ static int validate_and_copy_dec_ttl(struct net *net,
 
 	action_start = add_nested_action_start(sfa, OVS_DEC_TTL_ATTR_ACTION, log);
 	if (action_start < 0)
-		return start;
+		return action_start;
 
 	err = __ovs_nla_copy_actions(net, actions, key, sfa, eth_type,
 				     vlan_tci, mpls_label_count, log);