diff --git a/include/net/genetlink.h b/include/net/genetlink.h
index f24aa83b80b6..d5a9a8b5af37 100644
--- a/include/net/genetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/genetlink.h
@@ -205,6 +205,23 @@ static inline struct nlmsghdr *genlmsg_nlhdr(void *user_hdr,
 				   NLMSG_HDRLEN);
 }
 
+/**
+ * genlmsg_parse - parse attributes of a genetlink message
+ * @nlh: netlink message header
+ * @family: genetlink message family
+ * @tb: destination array with maxtype+1 elements
+ * @maxtype: maximum attribute type to be expected
+ * @policy: validation policy
+ * */
+static inline int genlmsg_parse(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
+				const struct genl_family *family,
+				struct nlattr *tb[], int maxtype,
+				const struct nla_policy *policy)
+{
+	return nlmsg_parse(nlh, family->hdrsize + GENL_HDRLEN, tb, maxtype,
+			   policy);
+}
+
 /**
  * genl_dump_check_consistent - check if sequence is consistent and advertise if not
  * @cb: netlink callback structure that stores the sequence number