diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 50dc5ed..04b72d3 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1471,7 +1471,7 @@
 	int err;
 
 	while (skb->len >= nlmsg_total_size(0)) {
-		nlh = (struct nlmsghdr *) skb->data;
+		nlh = nlmsg_hdr(skb);
 
 		if (nlh->nlmsg_len < NLMSG_HDRLEN || skb->len < nlh->nlmsg_len)
 			return 0;