diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index a0abfe0a537cbceaac23397e626bf13125f9db84..86a258d9af84912aa4144ece456b3e7ff73d9bd6 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -959,7 +959,7 @@ static int netlink_broadcast_deliver(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 		skb_set_owner_r(skb, sk);
 		skb_queue_tail(&sk->sk_receive_queue, skb);
 		sk->sk_data_ready(sk, skb->len);
-		return atomic_read(&sk->sk_rmem_alloc) > sk->sk_rcvbuf;
+		return atomic_read(&sk->sk_rmem_alloc) > (sk->sk_rcvbuf >> 1);
 	}
 	return -1;
 }