1 files changed, 6 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index f5aa23c3e886..3e1191cecaf0 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -444,8 +444,11 @@ static int genl_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
                 if (ops->dumpit == NULL)
                         return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
-                return netlink_dump_start(genl_sock, skb, nlh,
-                                          ops->dumpit, ops->done);
+                genl_unlock();
+                err = netlink_dump_start(genl_sock, skb, nlh,
+                                         ops->dumpit, ops->done);
+                genl_lock();
+                return err;
         }
 
         if (ops->doit == NULL)
@@ -603,9 +606,6 @@ static int ctrl_dumpfamily(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
         int chains_to_skip = cb->args[0];
         int fams_to_skip = cb->args[1];
 
-        if (chains_to_skip != 0)
-                genl_lock();
-
         for (i = 0; i < GENL_FAM_TAB_SIZE; i++) {
                 if (i < chains_to_skip)
                         continue;
@@ -623,9 +623,6 @@ static int ctrl_dumpfamily(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
         }
 
 errout:
-        if (chains_to_skip != 0)
-                genl_unlock();
-
         cb->args[0] = i;
         cb->args[1] = n;
 
@@ -770,7 +767,7 @@ static int __init genl_init(void)
 
         /* we'll bump the group number right afterwards */
         genl_sock = netlink_kernel_create(&init_net, NETLINK_GENERIC, 0,
-                                          genl_rcv, NULL, THIS_MODULE);
+                                          genl_rcv, &genl_mutex, THIS_MODULE);
         if (genl_sock == NULL)
                 panic("GENL: Cannot initialize generic netlink\n");