diff --git a/valgrind.suppressions b/valgrind.suppressions
index b0d5301512..1368a6041f 100644
--- a/valgrind.suppressions
+++ b/valgrind.suppressions
@@ -432,23 +432,28 @@
    fun:nl_msg_parse
    ...
 }
-{
-   libnl_rtnl_link_alloc_cache
-   Memcheck:Leak
-   match-leak-kinds: definite
-   fun:calloc
-   fun:nl_object_alloc
-   fun:link_msg_parser
-   fun:nl_cache_parse
-   fun:update_msg_parser
-   fun:nl_cb_call
-   fun:recvmsgs
-   fun:nl_recvmsgs_report
-   fun:nl_recvmsgs
-   fun:__cache_pickup
-   fun:nl_cache_pickup
-   fun:nl_cache_refill
-   fun:rtnl_link_alloc_cache
-   ...
-}
+
+# disable the following suppression. I cannot remember why it was needed,
+# maybe it's wrong.
+#
+# {
+#    libnl_02
+#    libnl_rtnl_link_alloc_cache
+#    Memcheck:Leak
+#    match-leak-kinds: definite
+#    fun:calloc
+#    fun:nl_object_alloc
+#    fun:link_msg_parser
+#    fun:nl_cache_parse
+#    fun:update_msg_parser
+#    fun:nl_cb_call
+#    fun:recvmsgs
+#    fun:nl_recvmsgs_report
+#    fun:nl_recvmsgs
+#    fun:__cache_pickup
+#    fun:nl_cache_pickup
+#    fun:nl_cache_refill
+#    fun:rtnl_link_alloc_cache
+#    ...
+# }