diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index b40c9a976969..4b91f4b84cb7 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -697,7 +697,6 @@ static __inline__ int netlink_broadcast_deliver(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff
 
 	if (atomic_read(&sk->sk_rmem_alloc) <= sk->sk_rcvbuf &&
 	    !test_bit(0, &nlk->state)) {
-		skb_orphan(skb);
 		skb_set_owner_r(skb, sk);
 		skb_queue_tail(&sk->sk_receive_queue, skb);
 		sk->sk_data_ready(sk, skb->len);
@@ -736,11 +735,15 @@ static inline int do_one_broadcast(struct sock *sk,
 
 	sock_hold(sk);
 	if (p->skb2 == NULL) {
-		if (atomic_read(&p->skb->users) != 1) {
+		if (skb_shared(p->skb)) {
 			p->skb2 = skb_clone(p->skb, p->allocation);
 		} else {
-			p->skb2 = p->skb;
-			atomic_inc(&p->skb->users);
+			p->skb2 = skb_get(p->skb);
+			/*
+			 * skb ownership may have been set when
+			 * delivered to a previous socket.
+			 */
+			skb_orphan(p->skb2);
 		}
 	}
 	if (p->skb2 == NULL) {