--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c	2004-09-19 06:23:22.000000000 +0200
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c	2004-09-19 06:24:48.000000000 +0200
@@ -548,19 +548,21 @@
 				kmalloc(sizeof(struct netlink_work), GFP_KERNEL);
 		
 			if  (!nlwork) 
-				return -EAGAIN;
+				return 0;
 		
 			INIT_TQUEUE(&nlwork->work, netlink_tq_handler, nlwork);
 			nlwork->sk = sk;
 			nlwork->len = skb->len;
 			queue_task(&nlwork->work, &tq_netlink);
 			wake_up(&netlink_thread_wait);
-		} else 
+		} else {
 			sk->data_ready(sk, skb->len);
+			sock_put(sk);
+		}
 
-		return 0;
+		return 1;
 	}
-	return -1;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void netlink_broadcast(struct sock *ssk, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid,
@@ -602,11 +604,12 @@
 			/* Clone failed. Notify ALL listeners. */
 			failure = 1;
 			sock_put(sk);
-		} else if (netlink_broadcast_deliver(sk, skb2)) {
+		} else if (netlink_broadcast_deliver(sk, skb2))
+			skb2 = NULL;
+		else {
 			netlink_overrun(sk);
 			sock_put(sk);
-		} else
-			skb2 = NULL;
+		}
 	}
 
 	netlink_unlock_table();