diff --git a/net/ipv6/ila/ila_xlat.c b/net/ipv6/ila/ila_xlat.c
index 47447f0241df..bee45dfeb187 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ila/ila_xlat.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ila/ila_xlat.c
@@ -477,6 +477,7 @@ int ila_xlat_nl_cmd_get_mapping(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 
 	rcu_read_lock();
 
+	ret = -ESRCH;
 	ila = ila_lookup_by_params(&xp, ilan);
 	if (ila) {
 		ret = ila_dump_info(ila,