diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 4b91f4b84cb7a78d3714570885f7c3b6a00aef65..e41ce458c2a99afd66c1f7255638c918b61c8fea 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -789,11 +789,12 @@ int netlink_broadcast(struct sock *ssk, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid,
 	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))