diff --git a/net/core/devlink.c b/net/core/devlink.c
index d20efdc8cc73..5b968d2040a5 100644
--- a/net/core/devlink.c
+++ b/net/core/devlink.c
@@ -2709,7 +2709,7 @@ static struct net *devlink_netns_get(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	struct net *net;
 
 	if (!!netns_pid_attr + !!netns_fd_attr + !!netns_id_attr > 1) {
-		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(info->extack, "multiple netns identifying attributes specified");
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(info->extack, "multiple netns identifying attributes specified");
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	}
 
@@ -2727,7 +2727,7 @@ static struct net *devlink_netns_get(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		net = ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	}
 	if (IS_ERR(net)) {
-		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(info->extack, "Unknown network namespace");
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(info->extack, "Unknown network namespace");
 		return ERR_PTR(-EINVAL);
 	}
 	if (!netlink_ns_capable(skb, net->user_ns, CAP_NET_ADMIN)) {