diff -u -r1.3 af_netlink.c
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c	19 Sep 2004 19:46:20 -0000	1.3
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c	19 Sep 2004 20:04:44 -0000
@@ -629,8 +629,9 @@
 				kmalloc(sizeof(struct netlink_work), GFP_KERNEL);
 
 			if (!nlwork)
-				return -1;
-		
+				return 0;
+
+			sock_hold(sk);
 			INIT_WORK(&nlwork->work, netlink_wq_handler, nlwork);
 			nlwork->sk = sk;
 			nlwork->len = skb->len;
@@ -638,9 +639,9 @@
 		} else 
 			sk->sk_data_ready(sk, skb->len);
 
-		return 0;
+		return 1;
 	}
-	return -1;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int netlink_broadcast(struct sock *ssk, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid,
@@ -683,14 +684,13 @@
 			netlink_overrun(sk);
 			/* Clone failed. Notify ALL listeners. */
 			failure = 1;
-			sock_put(sk);
 		} else if (netlink_broadcast_deliver(sk, skb2)) {
-			netlink_overrun(sk);
-			sock_put(sk);
-		} else {
 			delivered = 1;
 			skb2 = NULL;
-		}
+		} else 
+			netlink_overrun(sk);
+
+		sock_put(sk);
 	}
 
 	netlink_unlock_table();