diff --git a/net/rds/message.c b/net/rds/message.c
index 4b00b1152a5f0a885100098e565b881ab68b7e57..309b54cc62ae317a0253a9122ff69438fb015142 100644
--- a/net/rds/message.c
+++ b/net/rds/message.c
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ static void rds_rm_zerocopy_callback(struct rds_sock *rs,
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&q->lock, flags);
 	head = &q->zcookie_head;
 	if (!list_empty(head)) {
-		info = list_entry(head, struct rds_msg_zcopy_info,
-				  rs_zcookie_next);
-		if (info && rds_zcookie_add(info, cookie)) {
+		info = list_first_entry(head, struct rds_msg_zcopy_info,
+					rs_zcookie_next);
+		if (rds_zcookie_add(info, cookie)) {
 			spin_unlock_irqrestore(&q->lock, flags);
 			kfree(rds_info_from_znotifier(znotif));
 			/* caller invokes rds_wake_sk_sleep() */
diff --git a/net/sctp/bind_addr.c b/net/sctp/bind_addr.c
index f8a2832456728e0fc6e714148d052450937797b1..d723942e5e65de3d73b48cd2887ad6edd9744674 100644
--- a/net/sctp/bind_addr.c
+++ b/net/sctp/bind_addr.c
@@ -88,6 +88,12 @@ int sctp_bind_addr_copy(struct net *net, struct sctp_bind_addr *dest,
 		}
 	}
 
+	/* If somehow no addresses were found that can be used with this
+	 * scope, it's an error.
+	 */
+	if (list_empty(&dest->address_list))
+		error = -ENETUNREACH;
+
 out:
 	if (error)
 		sctp_bind_addr_clean(dest);
diff --git a/net/tipc/link.c b/net/tipc/link.c
index 675466ed1cbbb153607c4cc838641623e45a977d..619d805c1540cb4cc4cd816eefdaf8dbae9d0027 100644
--- a/net/tipc/link.c
+++ b/net/tipc/link.c
@@ -914,9 +914,7 @@ void tipc_link_reset(struct tipc_link *l)
 int tipc_link_xmit(struct tipc_link *l, struct sk_buff_head *list,
 		   struct sk_buff_head *xmitq)
 {
-	struct tipc_msg *hdr = buf_msg(skb_peek(list));
 	unsigned int maxwin = l->window;
-	int imp = msg_importance(hdr);
 	unsigned int mtu = l->mtu;
 	u16 ack = l->rcv_nxt - 1;
 	u16 seqno = l->snd_nxt;
@@ -925,13 +923,20 @@ int tipc_link_xmit(struct tipc_link *l, struct sk_buff_head *list,
 	struct sk_buff_head *backlogq = &l->backlogq;
 	struct sk_buff *skb, *_skb, **tskb;
 	int pkt_cnt = skb_queue_len(list);
+	struct tipc_msg *hdr;
 	int rc = 0;
+	int imp;
+
+	if (pkt_cnt <= 0)
+		return 0;
 
+	hdr = buf_msg(skb_peek(list));
 	if (unlikely(msg_size(hdr) > mtu)) {
 		__skb_queue_purge(list);
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 	}
 
+	imp = msg_importance(hdr);
 	/* Allow oversubscription of one data msg per source at congestion */
 	if (unlikely(l->backlog[imp].len >= l->backlog[imp].limit)) {
 		if (imp == TIPC_SYSTEM_IMPORTANCE) {