diff --git a/net/bridge/br_netlink.c b/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
index 4488faf059a3..4b80ec5ae570 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_netlink.c
@@ -1905,7 +1905,10 @@ int __init br_netlink_init(void)
 {
 	int err;
 
-	br_vlan_rtnl_init();
+	err = br_vlan_rtnl_init();
+	if (err)
+		goto out;
+
 	rtnl_af_register(&br_af_ops);
 
 	err = rtnl_link_register(&br_link_ops);
@@ -1916,6 +1919,7 @@ int __init br_netlink_init(void)
 
 out_af:
 	rtnl_af_unregister(&br_af_ops);
+out:
 	return err;
 }
 
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_private.h b/net/bridge/br_private.h
index e4f1a08322da..72d80fd943a8 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_private.h
+++ b/net/bridge/br_private.h
@@ -1547,7 +1547,7 @@ void br_vlan_get_stats(const struct net_bridge_vlan *v,
 void br_vlan_port_event(struct net_bridge_port *p, unsigned long event);
 int br_vlan_bridge_event(struct net_device *dev, unsigned long event,
 			 void *ptr);
-void br_vlan_rtnl_init(void);
+int br_vlan_rtnl_init(void);
 void br_vlan_rtnl_uninit(void);
 void br_vlan_notify(const struct net_bridge *br,
 		    const struct net_bridge_port *p,
@@ -1778,8 +1778,9 @@ static inline int br_vlan_bridge_event(struct net_device *dev,
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static inline void br_vlan_rtnl_init(void)
+static inline int br_vlan_rtnl_init(void)
 {
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static inline void br_vlan_rtnl_uninit(void)
diff --git a/net/bridge/br_vlan.c b/net/bridge/br_vlan.c
index 15f44d026e75..be714b4d7b43 100644
--- a/net/bridge/br_vlan.c
+++ b/net/bridge/br_vlan.c
@@ -2296,19 +2296,18 @@ static int br_vlan_rtm_process(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	return err;
 }
 
-void br_vlan_rtnl_init(void)
+static const struct rtnl_msg_handler br_vlan_rtnl_msg_handlers[] = {
+	{THIS_MODULE, PF_BRIDGE, RTM_NEWVLAN, br_vlan_rtm_process, NULL, 0},
+	{THIS_MODULE, PF_BRIDGE, RTM_DELVLAN, br_vlan_rtm_process, NULL, 0},
+	{THIS_MODULE, PF_BRIDGE, RTM_GETVLAN, NULL, br_vlan_rtm_dump, 0},
+};
+
+int br_vlan_rtnl_init(void)
 {
-	rtnl_register_module(THIS_MODULE, PF_BRIDGE, RTM_GETVLAN, NULL,
-			     br_vlan_rtm_dump, 0);
-	rtnl_register_module(THIS_MODULE, PF_BRIDGE, RTM_NEWVLAN,
-			     br_vlan_rtm_process, NULL, 0);
-	rtnl_register_module(THIS_MODULE, PF_BRIDGE, RTM_DELVLAN,
-			     br_vlan_rtm_process, NULL, 0);
+	return rtnl_register_many(br_vlan_rtnl_msg_handlers);
 }
 
 void br_vlan_rtnl_uninit(void)
 {
-	rtnl_unregister(PF_BRIDGE, RTM_GETVLAN);
-	rtnl_unregister(PF_BRIDGE, RTM_NEWVLAN);
-	rtnl_unregister(PF_BRIDGE, RTM_DELVLAN);
+	rtnl_unregister_many(br_vlan_rtnl_msg_handlers);
 }