diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 27998f73183e..c7bf1c38b292 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -2532,6 +2532,11 @@ static inline unsigned char
  return skb->head + skb->tail;
 }
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index eb086b06d60d..f11bb308f1ed 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ static inline u32 netlink_group_mask(u32 group)
 static struct sk_buff *netlink_to_full_skb(const struct sk_buff *skb,
     gfp_t gfp_mask)
 {
- unsigned int len = skb_end_offset(skb);
+ unsigned int len = skb_tail_offset(skb);
  struct sk_buff *new;