diff --git a/include/linux/netlink.h b/include/linux/netlink.h
index 1f8c1a95f57c42086d062022d3f0df2d467f79fa..a2092f582a784f6df9443f6a773cff660288a9a7 100644
--- a/include/linux/netlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/netlink.h
@@ -225,6 +225,7 @@ struct netlink_callback {
 	int			(*dump)(struct sk_buff * skb,
 					struct netlink_callback *cb);
 	int			(*done)(struct netlink_callback *cb);
+	void			*data;
 	u16			family;
 	u16			min_dump_alloc;
 	unsigned int		prev_seq, seq;
@@ -251,6 +252,7 @@ __nlmsg_put(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid, u32 seq, int type, int len, int flags)
 struct netlink_dump_control {
 	int (*dump)(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *);
 	int (*done)(struct netlink_callback*);
+	void *data;
 	u16 min_dump_alloc;
 };
 
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index ab74845876d28224f1ef1ec9af2b15dbb2e60278..32bb75324e76d0141c99df87449f3013b5c5a060 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1750,6 +1750,7 @@ int netlink_dump_start(struct sock *ssk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	cb->dump = control->dump;
 	cb->done = control->done;
 	cb->nlh = nlh;
+	cb->data = control->data;
 	cb->min_dump_alloc = control->min_dump_alloc;
 	atomic_inc(&skb->users);
 	cb->skb = skb;