diff --git a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c
index d8143a8c034d..a9df9dac57b2 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/ipset/ip_set_core.c
@@ -1293,31 +1293,34 @@ ip_set_dump_policy[IPSET_ATTR_CMD_MAX + 1] = {
 };
 
 static int
-dump_init(struct netlink_callback *cb, struct ip_set_net *inst)
+ip_set_dump_start(struct netlink_callback *cb)
 {
 	struct nlmsghdr *nlh = nlmsg_hdr(cb->skb);
 	int min_len = nlmsg_total_size(sizeof(struct nfgenmsg));
 	struct nlattr *cda[IPSET_ATTR_CMD_MAX + 1];
 	struct nlattr *attr = (void *)nlh + min_len;
+	struct sk_buff *skb = cb->skb;
+	struct ip_set_net *inst = ip_set_pernet(sock_net(skb->sk));
 	u32 dump_type;
-	ip_set_id_t index;
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = nla_parse(cda, IPSET_ATTR_CMD_MAX, attr,
 			nlh->nlmsg_len - min_len,
 			ip_set_dump_policy, NULL);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		goto error;
 
 	cb->args[IPSET_CB_PROTO] = nla_get_u8(cda[IPSET_ATTR_PROTOCOL]);
 	if (cda[IPSET_ATTR_SETNAME]) {
+		ip_set_id_t index;
 		struct ip_set *set;
 
 		set = find_set_and_id(inst, nla_data(cda[IPSET_ATTR_SETNAME]),
 				      &index);
-		if (!set)
-			return -ENOENT;
-
+		if (!set) {
+			ret = -ENOENT;
+			goto error;
+		}
 		dump_type = DUMP_ONE;
 		cb->args[IPSET_CB_INDEX] = index;
 	} else {
@@ -1333,10 +1336,17 @@ dump_init(struct netlink_callback *cb, struct ip_set_net *inst)
 	cb->args[IPSET_CB_DUMP] = dump_type;
 
 	return 0;
+
+error:
+	/* We have to create and send the error message manually :-( */
+	if (nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_ACK) {
+		netlink_ack(cb->skb, nlh, ret, NULL);
+	}
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int
-ip_set_dump_start(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
+ip_set_dump_do(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 {
 	ip_set_id_t index = IPSET_INVALID_ID, max;
 	struct ip_set *set = NULL;
@@ -1347,18 +1357,8 @@ ip_set_dump_start(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 	bool is_destroyed;
 	int ret = 0;
 
-	if (!cb->args[IPSET_CB_DUMP]) {
-		ret = dump_init(cb, inst);
-		if (ret < 0) {
-			nlh = nlmsg_hdr(cb->skb);
-			/* We have to create and send the error message
-			 * manually :-(
-			 */
-			if (nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_ACK)
-				netlink_ack(cb->skb, nlh, ret, NULL);
-			return ret;
-		}
-	}
+	if (!cb->args[IPSET_CB_DUMP])
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (cb->args[IPSET_CB_INDEX] >= inst->ip_set_max)
 		goto out;
@@ -1494,7 +1494,8 @@ static int ip_set_dump(struct net *net, struct sock *ctnl, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	{
 		struct netlink_dump_control c = {
-			.dump = ip_set_dump_start,
+			.start = ip_set_dump_start,
+			.dump = ip_set_dump_do,
 			.done = ip_set_dump_done,
 		};
 		return netlink_dump_start(ctnl, skb, nlh, &c);