diff --git a/net/ipv4/nexthop.c b/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
index f95142e56da0..179e50d8fe07 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/nexthop.c
@@ -3221,13 +3221,9 @@ static int rtm_dump_nexthop(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 				     &rtm_dump_nexthop_cb, &filter);
 	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 0f5e88c8f4ff..10aa059b9f06 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/fib_nexthops.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/fib_nexthops.sh
@@ -1981,6 +1981,11 @@ basic()
 
 	run_cmd "$IP link set dev lo up"
 
+	# Dump should not loop endlessly when maximum nexthop ID is configured.
+	run_cmd "$IP nexthop add id $((2**32-1)) blackhole"
+	run_cmd "timeout 5 $IP nexthop"
+	log_test $? 0 "Maximum nexthop ID dump"
+
 	#
 	# groups
 	#