diff --git a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
index 67985a7233c24023e9810e25057e2a28ae7874e0..32c9c5630507ca80c138fea3e50b2156fa79001e 100644
--- a/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
+++ b/fs/proc/proc_sysctl.c
@@ -1066,7 +1066,7 @@ static int sysctl_check_table(const char *path, struct ctl_table *table)
 	int err = 0;
 	for (; table->procname; table++) {
 		if (table->child)
-			err = sysctl_err(path, table, "Not a file");
+			err |= sysctl_err(path, table, "Not a file");
 
 		if ((table->proc_handler == proc_dostring) ||
 		    (table->proc_handler == proc_dointvec) ||
@@ -1078,15 +1078,15 @@ static int sysctl_check_table(const char *path, struct ctl_table *table)
 		    (table->proc_handler == proc_doulongvec_minmax) ||
 		    (table->proc_handler == proc_doulongvec_ms_jiffies_minmax)) {
 			if (!table->data)
-				err = sysctl_err(path, table, "No data");
+				err |= sysctl_err(path, table, "No data");
 			if (!table->maxlen)
-				err = sysctl_err(path, table, "No maxlen");
+				err |= sysctl_err(path, table, "No maxlen");
 		}
 		if (!table->proc_handler)
-			err = sysctl_err(path, table, "No proc_handler");
+			err |= sysctl_err(path, table, "No proc_handler");
 
 		if ((table->mode & (S_IRUGO|S_IWUGO)) != table->mode)
-			err = sysctl_err(path, table, "bogus .mode 0%o",
+			err |= sysctl_err(path, table, "bogus .mode 0%o",
 				table->mode);
 	}
 	return err;