diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
index 6e9a3795846a..5e7cdd1b806f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_core.c
@@ -2871,8 +2871,11 @@ static int vxlan_init(struct net_device *dev)
 	struct vxlan_dev *vxlan = netdev_priv(dev);
 	int err;
 
-	if (vxlan->cfg.flags & VXLAN_F_VNIFILTER)
-		vxlan_vnigroup_init(vxlan);
+	if (vxlan->cfg.flags & VXLAN_F_VNIFILTER) {
+		err = vxlan_vnigroup_init(vxlan);
+		if (err)
+			return err;
+	}
 
 	err = gro_cells_init(&vxlan->gro_cells, dev);
 	if (err)