diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index bed4e18a9bb8..b5dddf089af6 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 7ffbcecbeed91e5874e9a1cfc4c0cbb07dac3069
+refs/heads/master: fa84309533025eb3f03dc1d2d2be1c3ca206882a
diff --git a/trunk/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/trunk/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index 21a82410ec7c..a403b618faa5 100644
--- a/trunk/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/trunk/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -792,6 +792,15 @@ static int ctrl_getfamily(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 
 		name = nla_data(info->attrs[CTRL_ATTR_FAMILY_NAME]);
 		res = genl_family_find_byname(name);
+#ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
+		if (res == NULL) {
+			genl_unlock();
+			request_module("net-pf-%d-proto-%d-type-%s",
+				       PF_NETLINK, NETLINK_GENERIC, name);
+			genl_lock();
+			res = genl_family_find_byname(name);
+		}
+#endif
 		err = -ENOENT;
 	}