diff --git a/include/net/genetlink.h b/include/net/genetlink.h
index af10c2c..38620da 100644
--- a/include/net/genetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/genetlink.h
@@ -395,11 +395,11 @@
 }
 
 static inline int genl_has_listeners(struct genl_family *family,
-				     struct sock *sk, unsigned int group)
+				     struct net *net, unsigned int group)
 {
 	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(group >= family->n_mcgrps))
 		return -EINVAL;
 	group = family->mcgrp_offset + group;
-	return netlink_has_listeners(sk, group);
+	return netlink_has_listeners(net->genl_sock, group);
 }
 #endif	/* __NET_GENERIC_NETLINK_H */
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
index 332b5a0..4e9a5f0 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
@@ -83,8 +83,7 @@
 			    unsigned int group)
 {
 	return info->nlhdr->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_ECHO ||
-	       genl_has_listeners(family, genl_info_net(info)->genl_sock,
-				  group);
+	       genl_has_listeners(family, genl_info_net(info), group);
 }
 
 static void ovs_notify(struct genl_family *family,