diff --git a/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c b/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
index 8a8743d7d6e7..820252aee81f 100644
--- a/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
+++ b/net/bridge/netfilter/ebtables.c
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ static inline int ebt_do_match (struct ebt_entry_match *m,
 {
 	par->match     = m->u.match;
 	par->matchinfo = m->data;
-	return m->u.match->match(skb, par);
+	return m->u.match->match(skb, par) ? EBT_MATCH : EBT_NOMATCH;
 }
 
 static inline int ebt_dev_check(char *entry, const struct net_device *device)