diff --git a/include/linux/netlink.h b/include/linux/netlink.h
index d5e09bcd80f95e86df3691fe07dfa2b0c450fd1e..eab51f9c9c86525e9dbf099189fd470af2c733b8 100644
--- a/include/linux/netlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/netlink.h
@@ -106,7 +106,6 @@ struct netlink_skb_parms
 {
 	struct ucred		creds;		/* Skb credentials	*/
 	__u32			pid;
-	__u32			groups;
 	__u32			dst_pid;
 	__u32			dst_groups;
 	kernel_cap_t		eff_cap;
diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
index b5e2f1550c91cc08b4b71cdb14d699f188f678b2..75d03e37b9a8a99a7360acd35dd79c3b7e4a9c89 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
@@ -558,7 +558,6 @@ static void nl_fib_input(struct sock *sk, int len)
 	nl_fib_lookup(frn, tb);
 	
 	pid = nlh->nlmsg_pid;           /*pid of sending process */
-	NETLINK_CB(skb).groups = 0;     /* not in mcast group */
 	NETLINK_CB(skb).pid = 0;         /* from kernel */
 	NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_pid = pid;
 	NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_groups = 0;  /* unicast */
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 5d487cd69c8c4918e1e3b19489f04a892316cff6..7b7b45a195979dc46efee171bc7a322275023ecc 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -950,7 +950,6 @@ static int netlink_sendmsg(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct socket *sock,
 		goto out;
 
 	NETLINK_CB(skb).pid	= nlk->pid;
-	NETLINK_CB(skb).groups	= nlk->groups;
 	NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_pid = dst_pid;
 	NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_groups = dst_groups;
 	NETLINK_CB(skb).loginuid = audit_get_loginuid(current->audit_context);