diff --git a/net/sched/act_pedit.c b/net/sched/act_pedit.c
index 0237d898fabe..e3bc5bb6c60e 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_pedit.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_pedit.c
@@ -313,37 +313,28 @@ static bool offset_valid(struct sk_buff *skb, int offset)
 	return true;
 }
 
-static int pedit_skb_hdr_offset(struct sk_buff *skb,
-				enum pedit_header_type htype, int *hoffset)
+static void pedit_skb_hdr_offset(struct sk_buff *skb,
+				 enum pedit_header_type htype, int *hoffset)
 {
-	int ret = -EINVAL;
-
+	/* 'htype' is validated in the netlink parsing */
 	switch (htype) {
 	case TCA_PEDIT_KEY_EX_HDR_TYPE_ETH:
-		if (skb_mac_header_was_set(skb)) {
+		if (skb_mac_header_was_set(skb))
 			*hoffset = skb_mac_offset(skb);
-			ret = 0;
-		}
 		break;
 	case TCA_PEDIT_KEY_EX_HDR_TYPE_NETWORK:
 	case TCA_PEDIT_KEY_EX_HDR_TYPE_IP4:
 	case TCA_PEDIT_KEY_EX_HDR_TYPE_IP6:
 		*hoffset = skb_network_offset(skb);
-		ret = 0;
 		break;
 	case TCA_PEDIT_KEY_EX_HDR_TYPE_TCP:
 	case TCA_PEDIT_KEY_EX_HDR_TYPE_UDP:
-		if (skb_transport_header_was_set(skb)) {
+		if (skb_transport_header_was_set(skb))
 			*hoffset = skb_transport_offset(skb);
-			ret = 0;
-		}
 		break;
 	default:
-		ret = -EINVAL;
 		break;
 	}
-
-	return ret;
 }
 
 static int tcf_pedit_act(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tc_action *a,
@@ -375,10 +366,9 @@ static int tcf_pedit_act(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tc_action *a,
 
 	for (i = parms->tcfp_nkeys; i > 0; i--, tkey++) {
 		int offset = tkey->off;
+		int hoffset = 0;
 		u32 *ptr, hdata;
-		int hoffset;
 		u32 val;
-		int rc;
 
 		if (tkey_ex) {
 			htype = tkey_ex->htype;
@@ -387,12 +377,7 @@ static int tcf_pedit_act(struct sk_buff *skb, const struct tc_action *a,
 			tkey_ex++;
 		}
 
-		rc = pedit_skb_hdr_offset(skb, htype, &hoffset);
-		if (rc) {
-			pr_info("tc action pedit bad header type specified (0x%x)\n",
-				htype);
-			goto bad;
-		}
+		pedit_skb_hdr_offset(skb, htype, &hoffset);
 
 		if (tkey->offmask) {
 			u8 *d, _d;