diff --git a/net/ipv4/nexthop.c b/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
index f365a4f63899b..be5498f5dd319 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
@@ -3424,13 +3424,9 @@ static int rtm_dump_nexthop_bucket(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	if (err < 0) {
 		if (likely(skb->len))
-			goto out;
-		goto out_err;
+			err = skb->len;
 	}
 
-out:
-	err = skb->len;
-out_err:
 	cb->seq = net->nexthop.seq;
 	nl_dump_check_consistent(cb, nlmsg_hdr(skb));
 	return err;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/fib_nexthops.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/fib_nexthops.sh
index 10aa059b9f068..df8d90b51867a 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/fib_nexthops.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/fib_nexthops.sh
@@ -2206,6 +2206,11 @@ basic_res()
 	run_cmd "$IP nexthop bucket list fdb"
 	log_test $? 255 "Dump all nexthop buckets with invalid 'fdb' keyword"
 
+	# Dump should not loop endlessly when maximum nexthop ID is configured.
+	run_cmd "$IP nexthop add id $((2**32-1)) group 1/2 type resilient buckets 4"
+	run_cmd "timeout 5 $IP nexthop bucket"
+	log_test $? 0 "Maximum nexthop ID dump"
+
 	#
 	# resilient nexthop buckets get requests
 	#