diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 3baafb10f8f39e23b049a299bbf0cef29cecafb5..276131fe56dddb140afcfaf15e46bd6ead0263fa 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -699,7 +699,7 @@ static struct sock *netlink_getsockbypid(struct sock *ssk, u32 pid)
 
 struct sock *netlink_getsockbyfilp(struct file *filp)
 {
-	struct inode *inode = filp->f_dentry->d_inode;
+	struct inode *inode = filp->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
 	struct sock *sock;
 
 	if (!S_ISSOCK(inode->i_mode))