diff --git a/rust/kernel/net/netlink.rs b/rust/kernel/net/netlink.rs
index 22ef3dde36fa..a2f4bd171dcf 100644
--- a/rust/kernel/net/netlink.rs
+++ b/rust/kernel/net/netlink.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
     alloc::{self, AllocError},
     error::to_result,
     prelude::*,
-    transmute::AsBytes,
     types::Opaque,
     ThisModule,
 };
@@ -22,6 +21,11 @@
     ptr::NonNull, //
 };
 
+use zerocopy::{
+    Immutable,
+    IntoBytes, //
+};
+
 /// The default netlink message size.
 pub const GENLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE: usize = bindings::GENLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE;
 
@@ -84,7 +88,7 @@ impl GenlMsg {
     #[inline]
     fn put<T>(&mut self, attrtype: c_int, value: &T) -> Result
     where
-        T: ?Sized + AsBytes,
+        T: ?Sized + IntoBytes + Immutable,
     {
         let skb = self.skb.skb.as_ptr();
         let len = size_of_val(value);