diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 6ef64ad..a7ec851 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1693,6 +1693,8 @@
 	if (!nlh)
 		goto errout_skb;
 
+	nl_dump_check_consistent(cb, nlh);
+
 	memcpy(nlmsg_data(nlh), &len, sizeof(len));
 
 	if (sk_filter(sk, skb))