2 files changed, 9 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
index 6731e7f4cc0f..c91476ce314a 100644
--- a/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/rtnetlink.h
@@ -570,12 +570,16 @@ static __inline__ int rtattr_strcmp(const struct rtattr *rta, const char *str)
 }
 
 extern int rtattr_parse(struct rtattr *tb[], int maxattr, struct rtattr *rta, int len);
-extern int rtattr_parse_nested_compat(struct rtattr *tb[], int maxattr,
-                                      struct rtattr *rta, void **data, int len);
+extern int __rtattr_parse_nested_compat(struct rtattr *tb[], int maxattr,
+                                        struct rtattr *rta, int len);
 
 #define rtattr_parse_nested(tb, max, rta) \
         rtattr_parse((tb), (max), RTA_DATA((rta)), RTA_PAYLOAD((rta)))
 
+#define rtattr_parse_nested_compat(tb, max, rta, data, len) \
+({      data = RTA_PAYLOAD(rta) >= len ? RTA_DATA(rta) : NULL; \
+        __rtattr_parse_nested_compat(tb, max, rta, len); })
+
 extern int rtnetlink_send(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid, u32 group, int echo);
 extern int rtnl_unicast(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid);
 extern int rtnl_notify(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid, u32 group,
diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index c25d23ba6d5d..54c17e4cd28f 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -97,13 +97,11 @@ int rtattr_parse(struct rtattr *tb[], int maxattr, struct rtattr *rta, int len)
         return 0;
 }
 
-int rtattr_parse_nested_compat(struct rtattr *tb[], int maxattr,
-                               struct rtattr *rta, void **data, int len)
+int __rtattr_parse_nested_compat(struct rtattr *tb[], int maxattr,
+                                 struct rtattr *rta, int len)
 {
         if (RTA_PAYLOAD(rta) < len)
                 return -1;
-        *data = RTA_DATA(rta);
-
         if (RTA_PAYLOAD(rta) >= RTA_ALIGN(len) + sizeof(struct rtattr)) {
                 rta = RTA_DATA(rta) + RTA_ALIGN(len);
                 return rtattr_parse_nested(tb, maxattr, rta);
@@ -1312,7 +1310,7 @@ void __init rtnetlink_init(void)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__rta_fill);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtattr_strlcpy);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtattr_parse);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtattr_parse_nested_compat);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__rtattr_parse_nested_compat);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtnetlink_put_metrics);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtnl_lock);
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtnl_trylock);