1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/netlink.c b/fs/ecryptfs/netlink.c
index 9aa345121e09..f638a698dc52 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/netlink.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/netlink.c
@@ -237,7 +237,6 @@ out:
  */
 void ecryptfs_release_netlink(void)
 {
-        if (ecryptfs_nl_sock && ecryptfs_nl_sock->sk_socket)
-                sock_release(ecryptfs_nl_sock->sk_socket);
+        netlink_kernel_release(ecryptfs_nl_sock);
         ecryptfs_nl_sock = NULL;
 }