diff --git a/examples/nip_udp_client_demo.c b/examples/nip_udp_client_demo.c
index 9b3b5dab62cebefc1eb2c3ba3ee647c66a0b07da..84c1a1722eaa0800986cc946b3ea842fe77d60fb 100644
--- a/examples/nip_udp_client_demo.c
+++ b/examples/nip_udp_client_demo.c
@@ -86,8 +86,9 @@ int _recvfrom(int cfd, struct sockaddr_nin *si_server, int pkt_num, int *success
 		if (ret > 0) {
 			*success += 1;
 			ret = sscanf(buf, "%d %d NIP_UDP # %d", &tmp, &tmp, &no);
-			printf("Received --%s sock %d success:%6d/%6d/no=%6d\n",
-				   buf, cfd, *success, pkt_num + 1, no);
+			if (ret)
+				printf("Received --%s sock %d success:%6d/%6d/no=%6d\n",
+				       buf, cfd, *success, pkt_num + 1, no);
 		} else {
 			printf("client recvfrom fail, ret=%d\n", ret);
 			return -1;
diff --git a/src/linux/net/newip/nip_output.c b/src/linux/net/newip/nip_output.c
index adafaacd15008a68b76316ef3a820852af5efd91..bbea85db00625b8caa5365c304816c68a1636fc8 100644
--- a/src/linux/net/newip/nip_output.c
+++ b/src/linux/net/newip/nip_output.c
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ struct dst_entry *nip_sk_dst_lookup_flow(struct sock *sk, struct flow_nip *fln)
 
 int tcp_nip_queue_xmit(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, struct flowi *fl)
 {
-	int err;
+	int err = -EHOSTUNREACH;
 	struct net *net = sock_net(sk);
 	struct nip_addr *saddr, *daddr;
 	struct dst_entry *dst;