diff --git a/include/linux/netlink.h b/include/linux/netlink.h
index 72580f1a72a2..4da90a6ab536 100644
--- a/include/linux/netlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/netlink.h
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ struct netlink_callback {
 	u16			family;
 	u16			min_dump_alloc;
 	bool			strict_check;
+	u16			answer_flags;
 	unsigned int		prev_seq, seq;
 	long			args[6];
 };
diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index e613a9f89600..6bb9f3cde0b0 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -2257,7 +2257,8 @@ static int netlink_dump(struct sock *sk)
 	}
 
 	nlh = nlmsg_put_answer(skb, cb, NLMSG_DONE,
-			       sizeof(nlk->dump_done_errno), NLM_F_MULTI);
+			       sizeof(nlk->dump_done_errno),
+			       NLM_F_MULTI | cb->answer_flags);
 	if (WARN_ON(!nlh))
 		goto errout_skb;