diff --git a/include/linux/skbuff.h b/include/linux/skbuff.h
index 2dde34c29203..540df9a6a9b3 100644
--- a/include/linux/skbuff.h
+++ b/include/linux/skbuff.h
@@ -2542,6 +2542,11 @@ static inline unsigned char
        return skb->head + skb->tail;
 }
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 9c962347cf85..d1b8e02c7e44 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;