diff --git a/lib/kobject_uevent.c b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
index 78b2a7e378c0..147db91c10d0 100644
--- a/lib/kobject_uevent.c
+++ b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
@@ -301,23 +301,26 @@ static int kobject_uevent_net_broadcast(struct kobject *kobj,
 {
 	int retval = 0;
 #if defined(CONFIG_NET)
+	struct sk_buff *skb = NULL;
 	struct uevent_sock *ue_sk;
 
 	/* send netlink message */
 	list_for_each_entry(ue_sk, &uevent_sock_list, list) {
 		struct sock *uevent_sock = ue_sk->sk;
-		struct sk_buff *skb;
-		size_t len;
 
 		if (!netlink_has_listeners(uevent_sock, 1))
 			continue;
 
-		/* allocate message with the maximum possible size */
-		len = strlen(action_string) + strlen(devpath) + 2;
-		skb = alloc_skb(len + env->buflen, GFP_KERNEL);
-		if (skb) {
+		if (!skb) {
+			/* allocate message with the maximum possible size */
+			size_t len = strlen(action_string) + strlen(devpath) + 2;
 			char *scratch;
 
+			retval = -ENOMEM;
+			skb = alloc_skb(len + env->buflen, GFP_KERNEL);
+			if (!skb)
+				continue;
+
 			/* add header */
 			scratch = skb_put(skb, len);
 			sprintf(scratch, "%s@%s", action_string, devpath);
@@ -325,16 +328,17 @@ static int kobject_uevent_net_broadcast(struct kobject *kobj,
 			skb_put_data(skb, env->buf, env->buflen);
 
 			NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_group = 1;
-			retval = netlink_broadcast_filtered(uevent_sock, skb,
-							    0, 1, GFP_KERNEL,
-							    kobj_bcast_filter,
-							    kobj);
-			/* ENOBUFS should be handled in userspace */
-			if (retval == -ENOBUFS || retval == -ESRCH)
-				retval = 0;
-		} else
-			retval = -ENOMEM;
+		}
+
+		retval = netlink_broadcast_filtered(uevent_sock, skb_get(skb),
+						    0, 1, GFP_KERNEL,
+						    kobj_bcast_filter,
+						    kobj);
+		/* ENOBUFS should be handled in userspace */
+		if (retval == -ENOBUFS || retval == -ESRCH)
+			retval = 0;
 	}
+	consume_skb(skb);
 #endif
 	return retval;
 }