1 files changed, 15 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c b/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c
index f413ef796b43..be8ce54f99b2 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/pmcraid.c
@@ -1404,11 +1404,22 @@ enum {
 };
 #define PMCRAID_AEN_CMD_MAX (__PMCRAID_AEN_CMD_MAX - 1)
 
+static struct genl_multicast_group pmcraid_mcgrps[] = {
+        { .name = "events", /* not really used - see ID discussion below */ },
+};
+
 static struct genl_family pmcraid_event_family = {
-        .id = GENL_ID_GENERATE,
+        /*
+         * Due to prior multicast group abuse (the code having assumed that
+         * the family ID can be used as a multicast group ID) we need to
+         * statically allocate a family (and thus group) ID.
+         */
+        .id = GENL_ID_PMCRAID,
         .name = "pmcraid",
         .version = 1,
-        .maxattr = PMCRAID_AEN_ATTR_MAX
+        .maxattr = PMCRAID_AEN_ATTR_MAX,
+        .mcgrps = pmcraid_mcgrps,
+        .n_mcgrps = ARRAY_SIZE(pmcraid_mcgrps),
 };
 
 /**
@@ -1511,9 +1522,8 @@ static int pmcraid_notify_aen(
                 return result;
         }
 
-        result =
-                genlmsg_multicast(&pmcraid_event_family, skb, 0,
-                                  pmcraid_event_family.id, GFP_ATOMIC);
+        result = genlmsg_multicast(&pmcraid_event_family, skb,
+                                   0, 0, GFP_ATOMIC);
 
         /* If there are no listeners, genlmsg_multicast may return non-zero
          * value.