diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 8af18f2a4d66..5c42b210f34b 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 6662df33f85b87bb29f2ecad124efe7bb2c08e05
+refs/heads/master: 4e24ffa4d9fed762147c954755f8cb124e85740a
diff --git a/trunk/drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c b/trunk/drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c
index 396e29370304..e497dfbee435 100644
--- a/trunk/drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c
+++ b/trunk/drivers/infiniband/core/netlink.c
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ int ibnl_put_attr(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	unsigned char *prev_tail;
 
 	prev_tail = skb_tail_pointer(skb);
-	NLA_PUT(skb, type, len, data);
+	if (nla_put(skb, type, len, data))
+		goto nla_put_failure;
 	nlh->nlmsg_len += skb_tail_pointer(skb) - prev_tail;
 	return 0;