diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
index 586212ebba9e..ca645a3b1375 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
@@ -436,11 +436,34 @@ done:
 	kfree_skb(skb);
 }
 
+static void nfnetlink_rcv_skb_batch(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
+{
+	struct nfgenmsg *nfgenmsg;
+	u16 res_id;
+	int msglen;
+
+	msglen = NLMSG_ALIGN(nlh->nlmsg_len);
+	if (msglen > skb->len)
+		msglen = skb->len;
+
+	if (nlh->nlmsg_len < NLMSG_HDRLEN ||
+	    skb->len < NLMSG_HDRLEN + sizeof(struct nfgenmsg))
+		return;
+
+	nfgenmsg = nlmsg_data(nlh);
+	skb_pull(skb, msglen);
+	/* Work around old nft using host byte order */
+	if (nfgenmsg->res_id == NFNL_SUBSYS_NFTABLES)
+		res_id = NFNL_SUBSYS_NFTABLES;
+	else
+		res_id = ntohs(nfgenmsg->res_id);
+
+	nfnetlink_rcv_batch(skb, nlh, res_id);
+}
+
 static void nfnetlink_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	struct nlmsghdr *nlh = nlmsg_hdr(skb);
-	u16 res_id;
-	int msglen;
 
 	if (nlh->nlmsg_len < NLMSG_HDRLEN ||
 	    skb->len < nlh->nlmsg_len)
@@ -451,28 +474,10 @@ static void nfnetlink_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
 		return;
 	}
 
-	if (nlh->nlmsg_type == NFNL_MSG_BATCH_BEGIN) {
-		struct nfgenmsg *nfgenmsg;
-
-		msglen = NLMSG_ALIGN(nlh->nlmsg_len);
-		if (msglen > skb->len)
-			msglen = skb->len;
-
-		if (nlh->nlmsg_len < NLMSG_HDRLEN ||
-		    skb->len < NLMSG_HDRLEN + sizeof(struct nfgenmsg))
-			return;
-
-		nfgenmsg = nlmsg_data(nlh);
-		skb_pull(skb, msglen);
-		/* Work around old nft using host byte order */
-		if (nfgenmsg->res_id == NFNL_SUBSYS_NFTABLES)
-			res_id = NFNL_SUBSYS_NFTABLES;
-		else
-			res_id = ntohs(nfgenmsg->res_id);
-		nfnetlink_rcv_batch(skb, nlh, res_id);
-	} else {
+	if (nlh->nlmsg_type == NFNL_MSG_BATCH_BEGIN)
+		nfnetlink_rcv_skb_batch(skb, nlh);
+	else
 		netlink_rcv_skb(skb, &nfnetlink_rcv_msg);
-	}
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MODULES