diff --git a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index 105a616..0aa1b30 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -425,6 +425,7 @@ static int ctnetlink_conntrack_event(struct notifier_block *this,
 	unsigned int type;
 	sk_buff_data_t b;
 	unsigned int flags = 0, group;
+	static unsigned int size = 128;
 
 	/* ignore our fake conntrack entry */
 	if (ct == &nf_conntrack_untracked)
@@ -446,7 +447,8 @@ static int ctnetlink_conntrack_event(struct notifier_block *this,
 	if (!nfnetlink_has_listeners(group))
 		return NOTIFY_DONE;
 
-	skb = alloc_skb(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
+retry:
+	skb = alloc_skb(size, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!skb)
 		return NOTIFY_DONE;
 
@@ -525,7 +527,8 @@ static int ctnetlink_conntrack_event(struct notifier_block *this,
 nlmsg_failure:
 nla_put_failure:
 	kfree_skb(skb);
-	return NOTIFY_DONE;
+	size <<= 1;
+	goto retry;
 }
 #endif /* CONFIG_NF_CONNTRACK_EVENTS */