diff --git a/net/bridge/br_vlan.c b/net/bridge/br_vlan.c
index 84ba456..4320126 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_vlan.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_vlan.c
@@ -2020,7 +2020,8 @@ static int br_vlan_rtm_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 			goto out_err;
 		}
 		err = br_vlan_dump_dev(dev, skb, cb, dump_flags);
-		if (err && err != -EMSGSIZE)
+		/* if the dump completed without an error we return 0 here */
+		if (err != -EMSGSIZE)
 			goto out_err;
 	} else {
 		for_each_netdev_rcu(net, dev) {