1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/ipc/mqueue.c b/ipc/mqueue.c
index bfa274ba9ed4..1e04cd464af9 100644
--- a/ipc/mqueue.c
+++ b/ipc/mqueue.c
@@ -1010,6 +1010,8 @@ asmlinkage long sys_mq_notify(mqd_t mqdes,
                         return -EINVAL;
                 }
                 if (notification.sigev_notify == SIGEV_THREAD) {
+                        long timeo;
+
                         /* create the notify skb */
                         nc = alloc_skb(NOTIFY_COOKIE_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
                         ret = -ENOMEM;
@@ -1038,8 +1040,8 @@ retry:
                                 goto out;
                         }
 
-                        ret = netlink_attachskb(sock, nc, 0,
-                                        MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT, NULL);
+                        timeo = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT;
+                        ret = netlink_attachskb(sock, nc, 0, &timeo, NULL);
                         if (ret == 1)
                                 goto retry;
                         if (ret) {