diff --git a/include/linux/netlink.h b/include/linux/netlink.h
index 6eaca5e..59d0669 100644
--- a/include/linux/netlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/netlink.h
@@ -188,6 +188,10 @@
 extern int netlink_unicast(struct sock *ssk, struct sk_buff *skb, __u32 pid, int nonblock);
 extern int netlink_broadcast(struct sock *ssk, struct sk_buff *skb, __u32 pid,
 			     __u32 group, gfp_t allocation);
+extern int netlink_broadcast_filtered(struct sock *ssk, struct sk_buff *skb,
+	__u32 pid, __u32 group, gfp_t allocation,
+	int (*filter)(struct sock *dsk, struct sk_buff *skb, void *data),
+	void *filter_data);
 extern int netlink_set_err(struct sock *ssk, __u32 pid, __u32 group, int code);
 extern int netlink_register_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
 extern int netlink_unregister_notifier(struct notifier_block *nb);
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 6464a19..a2eb965 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -978,6 +978,8 @@
 	int delivered;
 	gfp_t allocation;
 	struct sk_buff *skb, *skb2;
+	int (*tx_filter)(struct sock *dsk, struct sk_buff *skb, void *data);
+	void *tx_data;
 };
 
 static inline int do_one_broadcast(struct sock *sk,
@@ -1020,6 +1022,9 @@
 		p->failure = 1;
 		if (nlk->flags & NETLINK_BROADCAST_SEND_ERROR)
 			p->delivery_failure = 1;
+	} else if (p->tx_filter && p->tx_filter(sk, p->skb2, p->tx_data)) {
+		kfree_skb(p->skb2);
+		p->skb2 = NULL;
 	} else if (sk_filter(sk, p->skb2)) {
 		kfree_skb(p->skb2);
 		p->skb2 = NULL;
@@ -1038,8 +1043,10 @@
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int netlink_broadcast(struct sock *ssk, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid,
-		      u32 group, gfp_t allocation)
+int netlink_broadcast_filtered(struct sock *ssk, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid,
+	u32 group, gfp_t allocation,
+	int (*filter)(struct sock *dsk, struct sk_buff *skb, void *data),
+	void *filter_data)
 {
 	struct net *net = sock_net(ssk);
 	struct netlink_broadcast_data info;
@@ -1059,6 +1066,8 @@
 	info.allocation = allocation;
 	info.skb = skb;
 	info.skb2 = NULL;
+	info.tx_filter = filter;
+	info.tx_data = filter_data;
 
 	/* While we sleep in clone, do not allow to change socket list */
 
@@ -1083,6 +1092,14 @@
 	}
 	return -ESRCH;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(netlink_broadcast_filtered);
+
+int netlink_broadcast(struct sock *ssk, struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid,
+		      u32 group, gfp_t allocation)
+{
+	return netlink_broadcast_filtered(ssk, skb, pid, group, allocation,
+		NULL, NULL);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(netlink_broadcast);
 
 struct netlink_set_err_data {