t->stats.semantic_match_miss++;
 #endif
                if (err <= 0)
-                       return plen;
+                       return err;
        }
 
-       return -1;
+       return 1;
 }
 
 static int fn_trie_lookup(struct fib_table *tb, const struct flowi *flp,
                          struct fib_result *res)
 {
        struct trie *t = (struct trie *) tb->tb_data;
-       int plen, ret = 0;
+       int ret;
        struct node *n;
        struct tnode *pn;
        int pos, bits;
 
        /* Just a leaf? */
        if (IS_LEAF(n)) {
-               plen = check_leaf(t, (struct leaf *)n, key, flp, res);
-               if (plen < 0)
-                       goto failed;
-               ret = 0;
+               ret = check_leaf(t, (struct leaf *)n, key, flp, res);
                goto found;
        }
 
                }
 
                if (IS_LEAF(n)) {
-                       plen = check_leaf(t, (struct leaf *)n, key, flp, res);
-                       if (plen < 0)
+                       ret = check_leaf(t, (struct leaf *)n, key, flp, res);
+                       if (ret > 0)
                                goto backtrace;
-
-                       ret = 0;
                        goto found;
                }