diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index cc9bdae3170f..b7e5c7f5d4f6 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: d46a3d0d07ba539aea5b0e1ad30e568f0cb03576
+refs/heads/master: 3d8334def5cf831d2ed438aae021696a2faa4ddd
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/taskstats.c b/trunk/kernel/taskstats.c
index f3c3e9d43d2c..2039585ec5e1 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/taskstats.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/taskstats.c
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ static int prepare_reply(struct genl_info *info, u8 cmd, struct sk_buff **skbp,
 	/*
 	 * If new attributes are added, please revisit this allocation
 	 */
-	skb = nlmsg_new(genlmsg_total_size(size), GFP_KERNEL);
+	size = nlmsg_total_size(genlmsg_total_size(size));
+	skb = nlmsg_new(size, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!skb)
 		return -ENOMEM;