diff --git a/net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c b/net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c
index be7c3b7..dcbf6af 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ip_sockglue.c
@@ -647,6 +647,8 @@ static int do_ip_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level,
 
 	/* If optlen==0, it is equivalent to val == 0 */
 
+	if (optname == IP_ROUTER_ALERT)
+		return ip_ra_control(sk, val ? 1 : 0, NULL);
 	if (ip_mroute_opt(optname))
 		return ip_mroute_setsockopt(sk, optname, optval, optlen);
 
@@ -1157,9 +1159,6 @@ static int do_ip_setsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level,
 			goto e_inval;
 		inet->mc_all = val;
 		break;
-	case IP_ROUTER_ALERT:
-		err = ip_ra_control(sk, val ? 1 : 0, NULL);
-		break;
 
 	case IP_FREEBIND:
 		if (optlen < 1)