1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 260171255576..415c97236f63 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -752,7 +752,7 @@ struct sock *netlink_getsockbyfilp(struct file *filp)
  * 1: repeat lookup - reference dropped while waiting for socket memory.
  */
 int netlink_attachskb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int nonblock,
-                long timeo, struct sock *ssk)
+                      long *timeo, struct sock *ssk)
 {
         struct netlink_sock *nlk;
 
@@ -761,7 +761,7 @@ int netlink_attachskb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int nonblock,
         if (atomic_read(&sk->sk_rmem_alloc) > sk->sk_rcvbuf ||
             test_bit(0, &nlk->state)) {
                 DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
-                if (!timeo) {
+                if (!*timeo) {
                         if (!ssk || netlink_is_kernel(ssk))
                                 netlink_overrun(sk);
                         sock_put(sk);
@@ -775,7 +775,7 @@ int netlink_attachskb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int nonblock,
                 if ((atomic_read(&sk->sk_rmem_alloc) > sk->sk_rcvbuf ||
                      test_bit(0, &nlk->state)) &&
                     !sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD))
-                        timeo = schedule_timeout(timeo);
+                        *timeo = schedule_timeout(*timeo);
 
                 __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
                 remove_wait_queue(&nlk->wait, &wait);
@@ -783,7 +783,7 @@ int netlink_attachskb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int nonblock,
 
                 if (signal_pending(current)) {
                         kfree_skb(skb);
-                        return sock_intr_errno(timeo);
+                        return sock_intr_errno(*timeo);
                 }
                 return 1;
         }
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ retry:
         if (netlink_is_kernel(sk))
                 return netlink_unicast_kernel(sk, skb);
 
-        err = netlink_attachskb(sk, skb, nonblock, timeo, ssk);
+        err = netlink_attachskb(sk, skb, nonblock, &timeo, ssk);
         if (err == 1)
                 goto retry;
         if (err)