diff --git a/include/linux/netlink.h b/include/linux/netlink.h
index 6a2ccf78a35640..c256ebe2a7b448 100644
--- a/include/linux/netlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/netlink.h
@@ -160,7 +160,8 @@ extern int netlink_unregister_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
 
 /* finegrained unicast helpers: */
 struct sock *netlink_getsockbyfilp(struct file *filp);
-int netlink_attachskb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int nonblock, long timeo);
+int netlink_attachskb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int nonblock,
+		long timeo, struct sock *ssk);
 void netlink_detachskb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb);
 int netlink_sendskb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int protocol);
 
diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c
index 59302fc3643b92..fd2e26b6f96619 100644
--- a/ipc/mqueue.c
+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -1018,7 +1018,8 @@ asmlinkage long sys_mq_notify(mqd_t mqdes,
 				goto out;
 			}
 
-			ret = netlink_attachskb(sock, nc, 0, MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT);
+			ret = netlink_attachskb(sock, nc, 0,
+					MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT, NULL);
 			if (ret == 1)
 		       		goto retry;
 			if (ret) {
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 2101b45d2ec6bc..6b9772d9587224 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -702,7 +702,8 @@ struct sock *netlink_getsockbyfilp(struct file *filp)
  * 0: continue
  * 1: repeat lookup - reference dropped while waiting for socket memory.
  */
-int netlink_attachskb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int nonblock, long timeo)
+int netlink_attachskb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int nonblock,
+		long timeo, struct sock *ssk)
 {
 	struct netlink_sock *nlk;
 
@@ -712,7 +713,7 @@ int netlink_attachskb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int nonblock, long t
 	    test_bit(0, &nlk->state)) {
 		DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
 		if (!timeo) {
-			if (!nlk->pid)
+			if (!ssk || nlk_sk(ssk)->pid == 0)
 				netlink_overrun(sk);
 			sock_put(sk);
 			kfree_skb(skb);
@@ -797,7 +798,7 @@ int netlink_unicast(struct sock *ssk, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid, int nonblock
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return PTR_ERR(sk);
 	}
-	err = netlink_attachskb(sk, skb, nonblock, timeo);
+	err = netlink_attachskb(sk, skb, nonblock, timeo, ssk);
 	if (err == 1)
 		goto retry;
 	if (err)