diff -ru linux-2.6.12-rc4/net/netlink/af_netlink.c linux-2.6.12-work/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
--- linux-2.6.12-rc4/net/netlink/af_netlink.c	2005-05-11 11:10:20.000000000 +0200
+++ linux-2.6.12-work/net/netlink/af_netlink.c	2005-05-12 00:11:08.990990172 +0200
@@ -785,11 +785,12 @@
 	sk_for_each_bound(sk, node, &nl_table[ssk->sk_protocol].mc_list)
 		do_one_broadcast(sk, &info);
 
+	kfree_skb(skb);
+
 	netlink_unlock_table();
 
 	if (info.skb2)
 		kfree_skb(info.skb2);
-	kfree_skb(skb);
 
 	if (info.delivered) {
 		if (info.congested && (allocation & __GFP_WAIT))