diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index 2dc2f7ed6bbe..82def2c1c650 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -1454,8 +1454,8 @@ static struct devinet_sysctl_table {
 	},
 };
 
-static void __devinet_sysctl_register(char *dev_name, int ctl_name,
-		struct ipv4_devconf *p)
+static int __devinet_sysctl_register(struct net *net, char *dev_name,
+		int ctl_name, struct ipv4_devconf *p)
 {
 	int i;
 	struct devinet_sysctl_table *t;
@@ -1497,14 +1497,14 @@ static void __devinet_sysctl_register(char *dev_name, int ctl_name,
 		goto free_procname;
 
 	p->sysctl = t;
-	return;
+	return 0;
 
 free_procname:
 	kfree(t->dev_name);
 free:
 	kfree(t);
 out:
-	return;
+	return -ENOBUFS;
 }
 
 static void __devinet_sysctl_unregister(struct ipv4_devconf *cnf)