diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 42d2fb94eff1..7fc6b4da4f02 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -140,6 +140,15 @@ static struct hlist_head *nl_pid_hashfn(struct nl_pid_hash *hash, u32 pid)
 
 static void netlink_sock_destruct(struct sock *sk)
 {
+	struct netlink_sock *nlk = nlk_sk(sk);
+
+	BUG_ON(mutex_is_locked(nlk_sk(sk)->cb_mutex));
+	if (nlk->cb) {
+		if (nlk->cb->done)
+			nlk->cb->done(nlk->cb);
+		netlink_destroy_callback(nlk->cb);
+	}
+
 	skb_queue_purge(&sk->sk_receive_queue);
 
 	if (!sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD)) {
@@ -148,7 +157,6 @@ static void netlink_sock_destruct(struct sock *sk)
 	}
 	BUG_TRAP(!atomic_read(&sk->sk_rmem_alloc));
 	BUG_TRAP(!atomic_read(&sk->sk_wmem_alloc));
-	BUG_TRAP(!nlk_sk(sk)->cb);
 	BUG_TRAP(!nlk_sk(sk)->groups);
 }
 
@@ -456,17 +464,10 @@ static int netlink_release(struct socket *sock)
 	sock_orphan(sk);
 	nlk = nlk_sk(sk);
 
-	mutex_lock(nlk->cb_mutex);
-	if (nlk->cb) {
-		if (nlk->cb->done)
-			nlk->cb->done(nlk->cb);
-		netlink_destroy_callback(nlk->cb);
-		nlk->cb = NULL;
-	}
-	mutex_unlock(nlk->cb_mutex);
-
-	/* OK. Socket is unlinked, and, therefore,
-	   no new packets will arrive */
+	/*
+	 * OK. Socket is unlinked, any packets that arrive now
+	 * will be purged.
+	 */
 
 	sock->sk = NULL;
 	wake_up_interruptible_all(&nlk->wait);
@@ -1426,9 +1427,9 @@ int netlink_dump_start(struct sock *ssk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 		return -ECONNREFUSED;
 	}
 	nlk = nlk_sk(sk);
-	/* A dump or destruction is in progress... */
+	/* A dump is in progress... */
 	mutex_lock(nlk->cb_mutex);
-	if (nlk->cb || sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD)) {
+	if (nlk->cb) {
 		mutex_unlock(nlk->cb_mutex);
 		netlink_destroy_callback(cb);
 		sock_put(sk);