diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_generic.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_generic.c
index 835e24c..d8923d5 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_generic.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_proto_generic.c
@@ -90,7 +90,8 @@ generic_timeout_obj_to_nlattr(struct sk_buff *skb, const void *data)
 {
 	const unsigned int *timeout = data;
 
-	NLA_PUT_BE32(skb, CTA_TIMEOUT_GENERIC_TIMEOUT, htonl(*timeout / HZ));
+	if (nla_put_be32(skb, CTA_TIMEOUT_GENERIC_TIMEOUT, htonl(*timeout / HZ)))
+		goto nla_put_failure;
 
 	return 0;