diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 9da53e43750cbe334c3b97fc2d7c6f7f95511a3c..7084f1db2446251db6e2ac89a38bf87e5e1ff11b 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -2896,7 +2896,7 @@ static void rtmsg_ifinfo_event(int type, struct net_device *dev,
 void rtmsg_ifinfo(int type, struct net_device *dev, unsigned int change,
 		  gfp_t flags)
 {
-	rtmsg_ifinfo_event(type, dev, change, IFLA_EVENT_NONE, flags);
+	rtmsg_ifinfo_event(type, dev, change, rtnl_get_event(0), flags);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(rtmsg_ifinfo);