diff --git a/net/ipx/af_ipx.c b/net/ipx/af_ipx.c
index 8c06a5065772..a26ed1ea058a 100644
--- a/net/ipx/af_ipx.c
+++ b/net/ipx/af_ipx.c
@@ -1194,11 +1194,10 @@ static int ipxitf_ioctl(unsigned int cmd, void __user *arg)
 		sipx->sipx_network	= ipxif->if_netnum;
 		memcpy(sipx->sipx_node, ipxif->if_node,
 			sizeof(sipx->sipx_node));
-		rc = -EFAULT;
-		if (copy_to_user(arg, &ifr, sizeof(ifr)))
-			break;
-		ipxitf_put(ipxif);
 		rc = 0;
+		if (copy_to_user(arg, &ifr, sizeof(ifr)))
+			rc = -EFAULT;
+		ipxitf_put(ipxif);
 		break;
 	}
 	case SIOCAIPXITFCRT: