diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index f4d60d3a3312..17c364283bd9 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 9eb710797a21fa4a9e09ae9c86c4b3ec9d291c2d
+refs/heads/master: 6d3a9a685465986d7653c5abbc0b24681e7c44d7
diff --git a/trunk/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/trunk/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 750db57f3bb3..31459ef13ca2 100644
--- a/trunk/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/trunk/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -1121,8 +1121,7 @@ static int validate_linkmsg(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr *tb[])
 				return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 			if (af_ops->validate_link_af) {
-				err = af_ops->validate_link_af(dev,
-							tb[IFLA_AF_SPEC]);
+				err = af_ops->validate_link_af(dev, af);
 				if (err < 0)
 					return err;
 			}