diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index d504e78..d524609 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1362,6 +1362,23 @@ static int nla_put_iflink(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct net_device *dev)
 	return nla_put_u32(skb, IFLA_LINK, ifindex);
 }
 
+static int rtnl_fill_link_netnsid(struct sk_buff *skb,
+				  const struct net_device *dev)
+{
+	if (dev->rtnl_link_ops && dev->rtnl_link_ops->get_link_net) {
+		struct net *link_net = dev->rtnl_link_ops->get_link_net(dev);
+
+		if (!net_eq(dev_net(dev), link_net)) {
+			int id = peernet2id_alloc(dev_net(dev), link_net);
+
+			if (nla_put_s32(skb, IFLA_LINK_NETNSID, id))
+				return -EMSGSIZE;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int rtnl_fill_ifinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 			    int type, u32 pid, u32 seq, u32 change,
 			    unsigned int flags, u32 ext_filter_mask,
@@ -1451,17 +1468,8 @@ static int rtnl_fill_ifinfo(struct sk_buff *skb, struct net_device *dev,
 			goto nla_put_failure;
 	}
 
-	if (dev->rtnl_link_ops &&
-	    dev->rtnl_link_ops->get_link_net) {
-		struct net *link_net = dev->rtnl_link_ops->get_link_net(dev);
-
-		if (!net_eq(dev_net(dev), link_net)) {
-			int id = peernet2id_alloc(dev_net(dev), link_net);
-
-			if (nla_put_s32(skb, IFLA_LINK_NETNSID, id))
-				goto nla_put_failure;
-		}
-	}
+	if (rtnl_fill_link_netnsid(skb, dev))
+		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	if (!(af_spec = nla_nest_start(skb, IFLA_AF_SPEC)))
 		goto nla_put_failure;