diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index d07ecda0a92d22c805216a5933e304721f9e8665..a4b6e148c5dec4ceba8a4aa5ef964353433e2d6a 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -681,9 +681,7 @@ static int ctrl_dumpfamily(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 	int chains_to_skip = cb->args[0];
 	int fams_to_skip = cb->args[1];
 
-	for (i = 0; i < GENL_FAM_TAB_SIZE; i++) {
-		if (i < chains_to_skip)
-			continue;
+	for (i = chains_to_skip; i < GENL_FAM_TAB_SIZE; i++) {
 		n = 0;
 		list_for_each_entry(rt, genl_family_chain(i), family_list) {
 			if (!rt->netnsok && !net_eq(net, &init_net))