diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 6b0f21950e09d41969d3922220dab2eb3a3d63ae..d97aed628bda95416bf9474939f215a7981817b8 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -3123,7 +3123,7 @@ static int __init netlink_proto_init(void)
 		.key_offset = offsetof(struct netlink_sock, portid),
 		.key_len = sizeof(u32), /* portid */
 		.hashfn = jhash,
-		.max_shift = 16, /* 64K */
+		.max_size = 65536,
 	};
 
 	if (err != 0)