diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
index 0708ac6f6c58..fd5c01c8489f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
@@ -1603,9 +1603,11 @@ int ip_mroute_getsockopt(struct sock *sk, int optname, sockptr_t optval,
 
 	if (copy_from_sockptr(&olr, optlen, sizeof(int)))
 		return -EFAULT;
-	olr = min_t(unsigned int, olr, sizeof(int));
 	if (olr < 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
+
+	olr = min_t(unsigned int, olr, sizeof(int));
+
 	if (copy_to_sockptr(optlen, &olr, sizeof(int)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 	if (copy_to_sockptr(optval, &val, olr))