diff --git a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
index a4b7247..6980c3e6 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
@@ -1593,10 +1593,8 @@
 		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
 
 	retval = ovs_vport_cmd_fill_info(vport, skb, portid, seq, 0, cmd);
-	if (retval < 0) {
-		kfree_skb(skb);
-		return ERR_PTR(retval);
-	}
+	BUG_ON(retval < 0);
+
 	return skb;
 }
 
@@ -1726,24 +1724,32 @@
 	    nla_get_u32(a[OVS_VPORT_ATTR_TYPE]) != vport->ops->type)
 		err = -EINVAL;
 
+	reply = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!reply) {
+		err = -ENOMEM;
+		goto exit_unlock;
+	}
+
 	if (!err && a[OVS_VPORT_ATTR_OPTIONS])
 		err = ovs_vport_set_options(vport, a[OVS_VPORT_ATTR_OPTIONS]);
 	if (err)
-		goto exit_unlock;
+		goto exit_free;
+
 	if (a[OVS_VPORT_ATTR_UPCALL_PID])
 		vport->upcall_portid = nla_get_u32(a[OVS_VPORT_ATTR_UPCALL_PID]);
 
-	reply = ovs_vport_cmd_build_info(vport, info->snd_portid, info->snd_seq,
-					 OVS_VPORT_CMD_NEW);
-	if (IS_ERR(reply)) {
-		netlink_set_err(sock_net(skb->sk)->genl_sock, 0,
-				ovs_dp_vport_multicast_group.id, PTR_ERR(reply));
-		goto exit_unlock;
-	}
+	err = ovs_vport_cmd_fill_info(vport, reply, info->snd_portid,
+				      info->snd_seq, 0, OVS_VPORT_CMD_NEW);
+	BUG_ON(err < 0);
 
 	genl_notify(reply, genl_info_net(info), info->snd_portid,
 		    ovs_dp_vport_multicast_group.id, info->nlhdr, GFP_KERNEL);
 
+	rtnl_unlock();
+	return 0;
+
+exit_free:
+	kfree_skb(reply);
 exit_unlock:
 	rtnl_unlock();
 	return err;