diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 9fdf964224ab..01af3bb144ae 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1363,6 +1363,8 @@ int netlink_unicast(struct sock *ssk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (netlink_is_kernel(sk))
 		return netlink_unicast_kernel(sk, skb, ssk);
 
+	skb_reset_network_header(skb);
+	skb_reset_mac_header(skb);
 	if (sk_filter(sk, skb)) {
 		err = skb->len;
 		kfree_skb(skb);
@@ -1497,6 +1499,8 @@ static void do_one_broadcast(struct sock *sk,
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	skb_reset_network_header(p->skb2);
+	skb_reset_mac_header(p->skb2);
 	if (sk_filter(sk, p->skb2)) {
 		kfree_skb(p->skb2);
 		p->skb2 = NULL;