--- work-2.6/net/netlink/af_netlink.c.orig	2004-07-01 08:56:55.000000000 +1000
+++ work-2.6/net/netlink/af_netlink.c	2004-07-01 08:59:14.000000000 +1000
@@ -425,21 +425,23 @@
 
 	sock = netlink_lookup(protocol, pid);
 	if (!sock)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ECONNREFUSED);
+		goto err;
 
 	/* Don't bother queuing skb if kernel socket has no input function */
 	nlk = nlk_sk(sock);
-	if (nlk->pid == 0 && !nlk->data_ready) {
-		sock_put(sock);
-		return ERR_PTR(-ECONNREFUSED);
-	}
+	if (nlk->pid == 0 && !nlk->data_ready)
+		goto err_sock;
 
 	if (sock->sk_state == NETLINK_CONNECTED &&
-	    nlk->dst_pid != nlk_sk(ssk)->pid) {
-		sock_put(sock);
-		return ERR_PTR(-ECONNREFUSED);
-	}
+	    nlk->dst_pid != nlk_sk(ssk)->pid)
+		goto err_sock;
+
 	return sock;
+
+err_sock:
+	sock_put(sock);
+err:
+	return ERR_PTR(-ECONNREFUSED);
 }
 
 struct sock *netlink_getsockbyfilp(struct file *filp)