diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index bd5e9cb79d51..05011e4b0e03 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: b9a37e0c81c498be2db9f52063c53e55d76c815e
+refs/heads/master: b3a27bfba51d445784eb0cd6451b73a73fb69cf9
diff --git a/trunk/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_netlink.c b/trunk/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_netlink.c
index 38708e6cfae7..ef84f43f0734 100644
--- a/trunk/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/trunk/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -1257,6 +1257,9 @@ static int ctnetlink_expect_event(struct notifier_block *this,
 	} else
 		return NOTIFY_DONE;
 
+	if (!nfnetlink_has_listeners(NFNLGRP_CONNTRACK_EXP_NEW))
+		return NOTIFY_DONE;
+
 	skb = alloc_skb(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!skb)
 		return NOTIFY_DONE;
diff --git a/trunk/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c b/trunk/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
index aa0148f418a9..dc4f081dca91 100644
--- a/trunk/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
+++ b/trunk/net/netfilter/nf_conntrack_netlink.c
@@ -1278,6 +1278,9 @@ static int ctnetlink_expect_event(struct notifier_block *this,
 	} else
 		return NOTIFY_DONE;
 
+	if (!nfnetlink_has_listeners(NFNLGRP_CONNTRACK_EXP_NEW))
+		return NOTIFY_DONE;
+
 	skb = alloc_skb(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!skb)
 		return NOTIFY_DONE;