diff --git a/include/linux/lsm_audit.h b/include/linux/lsm_audit.h
index 97a8b21eb033..69d2b7bc00ed 100644
--- a/include/linux/lsm_audit.h
+++ b/include/linux/lsm_audit.h
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ struct common_audit_data {
 #define LSM_AUDIT_DATA_LOCKDOWN 15
 #define LSM_AUDIT_DATA_NOTIFICATION 16
 #define LSM_AUDIT_DATA_ANONINODE	17
+#define LSM_AUDIT_DATA_NLMSGTYPE	18
 	union 	{
 		struct path path;
 		struct dentry *dentry;
@@ -98,6 +99,7 @@ struct common_audit_data {
 		struct lsm_ibendport_audit *ibendport;
 		int reason;
 		const char *anonclass;
+		u16 nlmsg_type;
 	} u;
 	/* this union contains LSM specific data */
 	union {
diff --git a/security/lsm_audit.c b/security/lsm_audit.c
index 9a8352972086..b2f565c0990a 100644
--- a/security/lsm_audit.c
+++ b/security/lsm_audit.c
@@ -425,6 +425,9 @@ static void dump_common_audit_data(struct audit_buffer *ab,
 	case LSM_AUDIT_DATA_ANONINODE:
 		audit_log_format(ab, " anonclass=%s", a->u.anonclass);
 		break;
+	case LSM_AUDIT_DATA_NLMSGTYPE:
+		audit_log_format(ab, " nl-msgtype=%hu", a->u.nlmsg_type);
+		break;
 	} /* switch (a->type) */
 }
 
diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index 5e5f3398f39d..617f54abb640 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -5939,14 +5939,14 @@ static int nlmsg_sock_has_extended_perms(struct sock *sk, u32 perms, u16 nlmsg_t
 {
 	struct sk_security_struct *sksec = sk->sk_security;
 	struct common_audit_data ad;
-	struct lsm_network_audit net;
 	u8 driver;
 	u8 xperm;
 
 	if (sock_skip_has_perm(sksec->sid))
 		return 0;
 
-	ad_net_init_from_sk(&ad, &net, sk);
+	ad.type = LSM_AUDIT_DATA_NLMSGTYPE;
+	ad.u.nlmsg_type = nlmsg_type;
 
 	driver = nlmsg_type >> 8;
 	xperm = nlmsg_type & 0xff;