diff --git a/net/ieee802154/dgram.c b/net/ieee802154/dgram.c
index d1da6c619c7d..25018a9a53aa 100644
--- a/net/ieee802154/dgram.c
+++ b/net/ieee802154/dgram.c
@@ -40,9 +40,10 @@ static DEFINE_RWLOCK(dgram_lock);
 struct dgram_sock {
 	struct sock sk;
 
-	int bound;
 	struct ieee802154_addr src_addr;
 	struct ieee802154_addr dst_addr;
+
+	unsigned bound:1;
 };
 
 static inline struct dgram_sock *dgram_sk(const struct sock *sk)
@@ -86,18 +87,18 @@ static int dgram_bind(struct sock *sk, struct sockaddr *uaddr, int len)
 {
 	struct sockaddr_ieee802154 *addr = (struct sockaddr_ieee802154 *)uaddr;
 	struct dgram_sock *ro = dgram_sk(sk);
-	int err = 0;
+	int err = -EINVAL;
 	struct net_device *dev;
 
+	lock_sock(sk);
+
 	ro->bound = 0;
 
 	if (len < sizeof(*addr))
-		return -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
 
 	if (addr->family != AF_IEEE802154)
-		return -EINVAL;
-
-	lock_sock(sk);
+		goto out;
 
 	dev = ieee802154_get_dev(sock_net(sk), &addr->addr);
 	if (!dev) {
@@ -113,6 +114,7 @@ static int dgram_bind(struct sock *sk, struct sockaddr *uaddr, int len)
 	memcpy(&ro->src_addr, &addr->addr, sizeof(struct ieee802154_addr));
 
 	ro->bound = 1;
+	err = 0;
 out_put:
 	dev_put(dev);
 out: