diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index ef5f77b44ec7..a64680a3e782 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -525,14 +525,14 @@ out:
 	return err;
 }
 
-static void netlink_frame_flush_dcache(const struct nl_mmap_hdr *hdr)
+static void netlink_frame_flush_dcache(const struct nl_mmap_hdr *hdr, unsigned int nm_len)
 {
 #if ARCH_IMPLEMENTS_FLUSH_DCACHE_PAGE == 1
 	struct page *p_start, *p_end;
 
 	/* First page is flushed through netlink_{get,set}_status */
 	p_start = pgvec_to_page(hdr + PAGE_SIZE);
-	p_end   = pgvec_to_page((void *)hdr + NL_MMAP_HDRLEN + hdr->nm_len - 1);
+	p_end   = pgvec_to_page((void *)hdr + NL_MMAP_HDRLEN + nm_len - 1);
 	while (p_start <= p_end) {
 		flush_dcache_page(p_start);
 		p_start++;
@@ -714,24 +714,16 @@ static int netlink_mmap_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg,
 	struct nl_mmap_hdr *hdr;
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	unsigned int maxlen;
-	bool excl = true;
 	int err = 0, len = 0;
 
-	/* Netlink messages are validated by the receiver before processing.
-	 * In order to avoid userspace changing the contents of the message
-	 * after validation, the socket and the ring may only be used by a
-	 * single process, otherwise we fall back to copying.
-	 */
-	if (atomic_long_read(&sk->sk_socket->file->f_count) > 1 ||
-	    atomic_read(&nlk->mapped) > 1)
-		excl = false;
-
 	mutex_lock(&nlk->pg_vec_lock);
 
 	ring   = &nlk->tx_ring;
 	maxlen = ring->frame_size - NL_MMAP_HDRLEN;
 
 	do {
+		unsigned int nm_len;
+
 		hdr = netlink_current_frame(ring, NL_MMAP_STATUS_VALID);
 		if (hdr == NULL) {
 			if (!(msg->msg_flags & MSG_DONTWAIT) &&
@@ -739,35 +731,23 @@ static int netlink_mmap_sendmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg,
 				schedule();
 			continue;
 		}
-		if (hdr->nm_len > maxlen) {
+
+		nm_len = ACCESS_ONCE(hdr->nm_len);
+		if (nm_len > maxlen) {
 			err = -EINVAL;
 			goto out;
 		}
 
-		netlink_frame_flush_dcache(hdr);
+		netlink_frame_flush_dcache(hdr, nm_len);
 
-		if (likely(dst_portid == 0 && dst_group == 0 && excl)) {
-			skb = alloc_skb_head(GFP_KERNEL);
-			if (skb == NULL) {
-				err = -ENOBUFS;
-				goto out;
-			}
-			sock_hold(sk);
-			netlink_ring_setup_skb(skb, sk, ring, hdr);
-			NETLINK_CB(skb).flags |= NETLINK_SKB_TX;
-			__skb_put(skb, hdr->nm_len);
-			netlink_set_status(hdr, NL_MMAP_STATUS_RESERVED);
-			atomic_inc(&ring->pending);
-		} else {
-			skb = alloc_skb(hdr->nm_len, GFP_KERNEL);
-			if (skb == NULL) {
-				err = -ENOBUFS;
-				goto out;
-			}
-			__skb_put(skb, hdr->nm_len);
-			memcpy(skb->data, (void *)hdr + NL_MMAP_HDRLEN, hdr->nm_len);
-			netlink_set_status(hdr, NL_MMAP_STATUS_UNUSED);
+		skb = alloc_skb(nm_len, GFP_KERNEL);
+		if (skb == NULL) {
+			err = -ENOBUFS;
+			goto out;
 		}
+		__skb_put(skb, nm_len);
+		memcpy(skb->data, (void *)hdr + NL_MMAP_HDRLEN, nm_len);
+		netlink_set_status(hdr, NL_MMAP_STATUS_UNUSED);
 
 		netlink_increment_head(ring);
 
@@ -813,7 +793,7 @@ static void netlink_queue_mmaped_skb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	hdr->nm_pid	= NETLINK_CB(skb).creds.pid;
 	hdr->nm_uid	= from_kuid(sk_user_ns(sk), NETLINK_CB(skb).creds.uid);
 	hdr->nm_gid	= from_kgid(sk_user_ns(sk), NETLINK_CB(skb).creds.gid);
-	netlink_frame_flush_dcache(hdr);
+	netlink_frame_flush_dcache(hdr, hdr->nm_len);
 	netlink_set_status(hdr, NL_MMAP_STATUS_VALID);
 
 	NETLINK_CB(skb).flags |= NETLINK_SKB_DELIVERED;