diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 7b73c7c..bc982ef 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1849,7 +1849,7 @@ static int netlink_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len,
 	/* Record the max length of recvmsg() calls for future allocations */
 	nlk->max_recvmsg_len = max(nlk->max_recvmsg_len, len);
 	nlk->max_recvmsg_len = min_t(size_t, nlk->max_recvmsg_len,
-				     SKB_WITH_OVERHEAD(32768));
+				     sk->sk_rcvbuf / 4);
 
 	copied = data_skb->len;
 	if (len < copied) {