1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index a298f77cc3e3..75bb47a898dd 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ static struct sk_buff *ctrl_build_msg(struct genl_family *family, u32 pid,
         struct sk_buff *skb;
         int err;
 
-        skb = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_GOODSIZE);
+        skb = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (skb == NULL)
                 return ERR_PTR(-ENOBUFS);