diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_tc.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_tc.c
index d5031f436f83..df6a57087848 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_tc.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnxt/bnxt_tc.c
@@ -1416,11 +1416,7 @@ bnxt_tc_flow_stats_batch_prep(struct bnxt *bp,
 	void *flow_node;
 	int rc, i;
 
-	rc = rhashtable_walk_start(iter);
-	if (rc && rc != -EAGAIN) {
-		i = 0;
-		goto done;
-	}
+	rhashtable_walk_start(iter);
 
 	rc = 0;
 	for (i = 0; i < BNXT_FLOW_STATS_BATCH_MAX; i++) {
diff --git a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_tc_flower.c b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_tc_flower.c
index d4a548a6a55c..6d7a10d0c45e 100644
--- a/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_tc_flower.c
+++ b/drivers/net/ethernet/chelsio/cxgb4/cxgb4_tc_flower.c
@@ -765,9 +765,7 @@ static void ch_flower_stats_handler(struct work_struct *work)
 
 	rhashtable_walk_enter(&adap->flower_tbl, &iter);
 	do {
-		flower_entry = ERR_PTR(rhashtable_walk_start(&iter));
-		if (IS_ERR(flower_entry))
-			goto walk_stop;
+		rhashtable_walk_start(&iter);
 
 		while ((flower_entry = rhashtable_walk_next(&iter)) &&
 		       !IS_ERR(flower_entry)) {
@@ -786,8 +784,9 @@ static void ch_flower_stats_handler(struct work_struct *work)
 				spin_unlock(&flower_entry->lock);
 			}
 		}
-walk_stop:
+
 		rhashtable_walk_stop(&iter);
+
 	} while (flower_entry == ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN));
 	rhashtable_walk_exit(&iter);
 	mod_timer(&adap->flower_stats_timer, jiffies + STATS_CHECK_PERIOD);
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/glock.c b/fs/gfs2/glock.c
index 11066d8647d2..90af87ff29ba 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/glock.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/glock.c
@@ -1549,16 +1549,13 @@ static void glock_hash_walk(glock_examiner examiner, const struct gfs2_sbd *sdp)
 	rhashtable_walk_enter(&gl_hash_table, &iter);
 
 	do {
-		gl = ERR_PTR(rhashtable_walk_start(&iter));
-		if (IS_ERR(gl))
-			goto walk_stop;
+		rhashtable_walk_start(&iter);
 
 		while ((gl = rhashtable_walk_next(&iter)) && !IS_ERR(gl))
 			if (gl->gl_name.ln_sbd == sdp &&
 			    lockref_get_not_dead(&gl->gl_lockref))
 				examiner(gl);
 
-walk_stop:
 		rhashtable_walk_stop(&iter);
 	} while (cond_resched(), gl == ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN));
 
@@ -1947,7 +1944,7 @@ static void *gfs2_glock_seq_start(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *pos)
 	loff_t n = *pos;
 
 	rhashtable_walk_enter(&gl_hash_table, &gi->hti);
-	if (rhashtable_walk_start(&gi->hti) != 0)
+	if (rhashtable_walk_start_check(&gi->hti) != 0)
 		return NULL;
 
 	do {
diff --git a/include/linux/rhashtable.h b/include/linux/rhashtable.h
index 361c08e35dbc..13ccc483738d 100644
--- a/include/linux/rhashtable.h
+++ b/include/linux/rhashtable.h
@@ -378,7 +378,13 @@ void *rhashtable_insert_slow(struct rhashtable *ht, const void *key,
 void rhashtable_walk_enter(struct rhashtable *ht,
 			   struct rhashtable_iter *iter);
 void rhashtable_walk_exit(struct rhashtable_iter *iter);
-int rhashtable_walk_start(struct rhashtable_iter *iter) __acquires(RCU);
+int rhashtable_walk_start_check(struct rhashtable_iter *iter) __acquires(RCU);
+
+static inline void rhashtable_walk_start(struct rhashtable_iter *iter)
+{
+	(void)rhashtable_walk_start_check(iter);
+}
+
 void *rhashtable_walk_next(struct rhashtable_iter *iter);
 void rhashtable_walk_stop(struct rhashtable_iter *iter) __releases(RCU);
 
diff --git a/include/net/sctp/sctp.h b/include/net/sctp/sctp.h
index 906a9c0efa71..6f79415f6634 100644
--- a/include/net/sctp/sctp.h
+++ b/include/net/sctp/sctp.h
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ extern struct percpu_counter sctp_sockets_allocated;
 int sctp_asconf_mgmt(struct sctp_sock *, struct sctp_sockaddr_entry *);
 struct sk_buff *sctp_skb_recv_datagram(struct sock *, int, int, int *);
 
-int sctp_transport_walk_start(struct rhashtable_iter *iter);
+void sctp_transport_walk_start(struct rhashtable_iter *iter);
 void sctp_transport_walk_stop(struct rhashtable_iter *iter);
 struct sctp_transport *sctp_transport_get_next(struct net *net,
 			struct rhashtable_iter *iter);
diff --git a/lib/rhashtable.c b/lib/rhashtable.c
index ddd7dde87c3c..1935e86ed477 100644
--- a/lib/rhashtable.c
+++ b/lib/rhashtable.c
@@ -732,7 +732,7 @@ void rhashtable_walk_exit(struct rhashtable_iter *iter)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rhashtable_walk_exit);
 
 /**
- * rhashtable_walk_start - Start a hash table walk
+ * rhashtable_walk_start_check - Start a hash table walk
  * @iter:	Hash table iterator
  *
  * Start a hash table walk at the current iterator position.  Note that we take
@@ -744,8 +744,12 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rhashtable_walk_exit);
  * Returns -EAGAIN if resize event occured.  Note that the iterator
  * will rewind back to the beginning and you may use it immediately
  * by calling rhashtable_walk_next.
+ *
+ * rhashtable_walk_start is defined as an inline variant that returns
+ * void. This is preferred in cases where the caller would ignore
+ * resize events and always continue.
  */
-int rhashtable_walk_start(struct rhashtable_iter *iter)
+int rhashtable_walk_start_check(struct rhashtable_iter *iter)
 	__acquires(RCU)
 {
 	struct rhashtable *ht = iter->ht;
@@ -764,7 +768,7 @@ int rhashtable_walk_start(struct rhashtable_iter *iter)
 
 	return 0;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rhashtable_walk_start);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(rhashtable_walk_start_check);
 
 /**
  * rhashtable_walk_next - Return the next object and advance the iterator
diff --git a/lib/test_rhashtable.c b/lib/test_rhashtable.c
index 8e83cbdc049c..76d3667fdea2 100644
--- a/lib/test_rhashtable.c
+++ b/lib/test_rhashtable.c
@@ -162,11 +162,7 @@ static void test_bucket_stats(struct rhashtable *ht, unsigned int entries)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	err = rhashtable_walk_start(&hti);
-	if (err && err != -EAGAIN) {
-		pr_warn("Test failed: iterator failed: %d\n", err);
-		return;
-	}
+	rhashtable_walk_start(&hti);
 
 	while ((pos = rhashtable_walk_next(&hti))) {
 		if (PTR_ERR(pos) == -EAGAIN) {
diff --git a/net/ipv6/ila/ila_xlat.c b/net/ipv6/ila/ila_xlat.c
index 6eb5e68f112a..44c39c5f0638 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ila/ila_xlat.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ila/ila_xlat.c
@@ -512,9 +512,7 @@ static int ila_nl_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 	struct ila_map *ila;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = rhashtable_walk_start(rhiter);
-	if (ret && ret != -EAGAIN)
-		goto done;
+	rhashtable_walk_start(rhiter);
 
 	for (;;) {
 		ila = rhashtable_walk_next(rhiter);
diff --git a/net/ipv6/seg6.c b/net/ipv6/seg6.c
index c81407770956..7f5621d09571 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/seg6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/seg6.c
@@ -306,9 +306,7 @@ static int seg6_genl_dumphmac(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 	struct seg6_hmac_info *hinfo;
 	int ret;
 
-	ret = rhashtable_walk_start(iter);
-	if (ret && ret != -EAGAIN)
-		goto done;
+	rhashtable_walk_start(iter);
 
 	for (;;) {
 		hinfo = rhashtable_walk_next(iter);
diff --git a/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c b/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c
index 86c8dfef56a4..a5125624a76d 100644
--- a/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c
+++ b/net/mac80211/mesh_pathtbl.c
@@ -257,9 +257,7 @@ __mesh_path_lookup_by_idx(struct mesh_table *tbl, int idx)
 	if (ret)
 		return NULL;
 
-	ret = rhashtable_walk_start(&iter);
-	if (ret && ret != -EAGAIN)
-		goto err;
+	rhashtable_walk_start(&iter);
 
 	while ((mpath = rhashtable_walk_next(&iter))) {
 		if (IS_ERR(mpath) && PTR_ERR(mpath) == -EAGAIN)
@@ -269,7 +267,6 @@ __mesh_path_lookup_by_idx(struct mesh_table *tbl, int idx)
 		if (i++ == idx)
 			break;
 	}
-err:
 	rhashtable_walk_stop(&iter);
 	rhashtable_walk_exit(&iter);
 
@@ -513,9 +510,7 @@ void mesh_plink_broken(struct sta_info *sta)
 	if (ret)
 		return;
 
-	ret = rhashtable_walk_start(&iter);
-	if (ret && ret != -EAGAIN)
-		goto out;
+	rhashtable_walk_start(&iter);
 
 	while ((mpath = rhashtable_walk_next(&iter))) {
 		if (IS_ERR(mpath) && PTR_ERR(mpath) == -EAGAIN)
@@ -535,7 +530,6 @@ void mesh_plink_broken(struct sta_info *sta)
 				WLAN_REASON_MESH_PATH_DEST_UNREACHABLE, bcast);
 		}
 	}
-out:
 	rhashtable_walk_stop(&iter);
 	rhashtable_walk_exit(&iter);
 }
@@ -584,9 +578,7 @@ void mesh_path_flush_by_nexthop(struct sta_info *sta)
 	if (ret)
 		return;
 
-	ret = rhashtable_walk_start(&iter);
-	if (ret && ret != -EAGAIN)
-		goto out;
+	rhashtable_walk_start(&iter);
 
 	while ((mpath = rhashtable_walk_next(&iter))) {
 		if (IS_ERR(mpath) && PTR_ERR(mpath) == -EAGAIN)
@@ -597,7 +589,7 @@ void mesh_path_flush_by_nexthop(struct sta_info *sta)
 		if (rcu_access_pointer(mpath->next_hop) == sta)
 			__mesh_path_del(tbl, mpath);
 	}
-out:
+
 	rhashtable_walk_stop(&iter);
 	rhashtable_walk_exit(&iter);
 }
@@ -614,9 +606,7 @@ static void mpp_flush_by_proxy(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 	if (ret)
 		return;
 
-	ret = rhashtable_walk_start(&iter);
-	if (ret && ret != -EAGAIN)
-		goto out;
+	rhashtable_walk_start(&iter);
 
 	while ((mpath = rhashtable_walk_next(&iter))) {
 		if (IS_ERR(mpath) && PTR_ERR(mpath) == -EAGAIN)
@@ -627,7 +617,7 @@ static void mpp_flush_by_proxy(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 		if (ether_addr_equal(mpath->mpp, proxy))
 			__mesh_path_del(tbl, mpath);
 	}
-out:
+
 	rhashtable_walk_stop(&iter);
 	rhashtable_walk_exit(&iter);
 }
@@ -642,9 +632,7 @@ static void table_flush_by_iface(struct mesh_table *tbl)
 	if (ret)
 		return;
 
-	ret = rhashtable_walk_start(&iter);
-	if (ret && ret != -EAGAIN)
-		goto out;
+	rhashtable_walk_start(&iter);
 
 	while ((mpath = rhashtable_walk_next(&iter))) {
 		if (IS_ERR(mpath) && PTR_ERR(mpath) == -EAGAIN)
@@ -653,7 +641,7 @@ static void table_flush_by_iface(struct mesh_table *tbl)
 			break;
 		__mesh_path_del(tbl, mpath);
 	}
-out:
+
 	rhashtable_walk_stop(&iter);
 	rhashtable_walk_exit(&iter);
 }
@@ -873,9 +861,7 @@ void mesh_path_tbl_expire(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 	if (ret)
 		return;
 
-	ret = rhashtable_walk_start(&iter);
-	if (ret && ret != -EAGAIN)
-		goto out;
+	rhashtable_walk_start(&iter);
 
 	while ((mpath = rhashtable_walk_next(&iter))) {
 		if (IS_ERR(mpath) && PTR_ERR(mpath) == -EAGAIN)
@@ -887,7 +873,7 @@ void mesh_path_tbl_expire(struct ieee80211_sub_if_data *sdata,
 		     time_after(jiffies, mpath->exp_time + MESH_PATH_EXPIRE))
 			__mesh_path_del(tbl, mpath);
 	}
-out:
+
 	rhashtable_walk_stop(&iter);
 	rhashtable_walk_exit(&iter);
 }
diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_set_hash.c b/net/netfilter/nft_set_hash.c
index f8166c1d5430..3f1624ee056f 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_set_hash.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_set_hash.c
@@ -251,11 +251,7 @@ static void nft_rhash_walk(const struct nft_ctx *ctx, struct nft_set *set,
 	if (err)
 		return;
 
-	err = rhashtable_walk_start(&hti);
-	if (err && err != -EAGAIN) {
-		iter->err = err;
-		goto out;
-	}
+	rhashtable_walk_start(&hti);
 
 	while ((he = rhashtable_walk_next(&hti))) {
 		if (IS_ERR(he)) {
@@ -306,9 +302,7 @@ static void nft_rhash_gc(struct work_struct *work)
 	if (err)
 		goto schedule;
 
-	err = rhashtable_walk_start(&hti);
-	if (err && err != -EAGAIN)
-		goto out;
+	rhashtable_walk_start(&hti);
 
 	while ((he = rhashtable_walk_next(&hti))) {
 		if (IS_ERR(he)) {
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index b9e0ee4e22f5..ab325d4d6fef 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -2478,8 +2478,9 @@ static int netlink_walk_start(struct nl_seq_iter *iter)
 		return err;
 	}
 
-	err = rhashtable_walk_start(&iter->hti);
-	return err == -EAGAIN ? 0 : err;
+	rhashtable_walk_start(&iter->hti);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void netlink_walk_stop(struct nl_seq_iter *iter)
diff --git a/net/netlink/diag.c b/net/netlink/diag.c
index 8faa20b4d457..7dda33b9b784 100644
--- a/net/netlink/diag.c
+++ b/net/netlink/diag.c
@@ -115,11 +115,7 @@ static int __netlink_diag_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb,
 	if (!s_num)
 		rhashtable_walk_enter(&tbl->hash, hti);
 
-	ret = rhashtable_walk_start(hti);
-	if (ret == -EAGAIN)
-		ret = 0;
-	if (ret)
-		goto stop;
+	rhashtable_walk_start(hti);
 
 	while ((nlsk = rhashtable_walk_next(hti))) {
 		if (IS_ERR(nlsk)) {
@@ -146,8 +142,8 @@ static int __netlink_diag_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb,
 		}
 	}
 
-stop:
 	rhashtable_walk_stop(hti);
+
 	if (ret)
 		goto done;
 
diff --git a/net/sctp/proc.c b/net/sctp/proc.c
index 26b4be6b4172..4545bc2aff84 100644
--- a/net/sctp/proc.c
+++ b/net/sctp/proc.c
@@ -288,12 +288,8 @@ struct sctp_ht_iter {
 static void *sctp_transport_seq_start(struct seq_file *seq, loff_t *pos)
 {
 	struct sctp_ht_iter *iter = seq->private;
-	int err = sctp_transport_walk_start(&iter->hti);
 
-	if (err) {
-		iter->start_fail = 1;
-		return ERR_PTR(err);
-	}
+	sctp_transport_walk_start(&iter->hti);
 
 	iter->start_fail = 0;
 	return sctp_transport_get_idx(seq_file_net(seq), &iter->hti, *pos);
diff --git a/net/sctp/socket.c b/net/sctp/socket.c
index 014847e25648..1dae4742cac4 100644
--- a/net/sctp/socket.c
+++ b/net/sctp/socket.c
@@ -4676,20 +4676,11 @@ int sctp_get_sctp_info(struct sock *sk, struct sctp_association *asoc,
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(sctp_get_sctp_info);
 
 /* use callback to avoid exporting the core structure */
-int sctp_transport_walk_start(struct rhashtable_iter *iter)
+void sctp_transport_walk_start(struct rhashtable_iter *iter)
 {
-	int err;
-
 	rhltable_walk_enter(&sctp_transport_hashtable, iter);
 
-	err = rhashtable_walk_start(iter);
-	if (err && err != -EAGAIN) {
-		rhashtable_walk_stop(iter);
-		rhashtable_walk_exit(iter);
-		return err;
-	}
-
-	return 0;
+	rhashtable_walk_start(iter);
 }
 
 void sctp_transport_walk_stop(struct rhashtable_iter *iter)
@@ -4780,12 +4771,10 @@ int sctp_for_each_transport(int (*cb)(struct sctp_transport *, void *),
 			    struct net *net, int *pos, void *p) {
 	struct rhashtable_iter hti;
 	struct sctp_transport *tsp;
-	int ret;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 again:
-	ret = sctp_transport_walk_start(&hti);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+	sctp_transport_walk_start(&hti);
 
 	tsp = sctp_transport_get_idx(net, &hti, *pos + 1);
 	for (; !IS_ERR_OR_NULL(tsp); tsp = sctp_transport_get_next(net, &hti)) {
diff --git a/net/tipc/socket.c b/net/tipc/socket.c
index 5d18c0caa92b..22c4fd8a9dfe 100644
--- a/net/tipc/socket.c
+++ b/net/tipc/socket.c
@@ -2640,9 +2640,7 @@ void tipc_sk_reinit(struct net *net)
 	rhashtable_walk_enter(&tn->sk_rht, &iter);
 
 	do {
-		tsk = ERR_PTR(rhashtable_walk_start(&iter));
-		if (IS_ERR(tsk))
-			goto walk_stop;
+		rhashtable_walk_start(&iter);
 
 		while ((tsk = rhashtable_walk_next(&iter)) && !IS_ERR(tsk)) {
 			spin_lock_bh(&tsk->sk.sk_lock.slock);
@@ -2651,7 +2649,7 @@ void tipc_sk_reinit(struct net *net)
 			msg_set_orignode(msg, tn->own_addr);
 			spin_unlock_bh(&tsk->sk.sk_lock.slock);
 		}
-walk_stop:
+
 		rhashtable_walk_stop(&iter);
 	} while (tsk == ERR_PTR(-EAGAIN));
 }
