diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 602e5eb..6f33013 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -322,11 +322,13 @@ static void netlink_skb_set_owner_r(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sock *sk)
 	sk_mem_charge(sk, skb->truesize);
 }
 
-static void __netlink_sock_destruct(struct sock *sk)
+static void netlink_sock_destruct(struct sock *sk)
 {
 	struct netlink_sock *nlk = nlk_sk(sk);
 
 	if (nlk->cb_running) {
+		if (nlk->cb.done)
+			nlk->cb.done(&nlk->cb);
 		module_put(nlk->cb.module);
 		kfree_skb(nlk->cb.skb);
 	}
@@ -343,28 +345,6 @@ static void __netlink_sock_destruct(struct sock *sk)
 	WARN_ON(nlk_sk(sk)->groups);
 }
 
-static void netlink_sock_destruct_work(struct work_struct *work)
-{
-	struct netlink_sock *nlk = container_of(work, struct netlink_sock,
-						work);
-
-	nlk->cb.done(&nlk->cb);
-	__netlink_sock_destruct(&nlk->sk);
-}
-
-static void netlink_sock_destruct(struct sock *sk)
-{
-	struct netlink_sock *nlk = nlk_sk(sk);
-
-	if (nlk->cb_running && nlk->cb.done) {
-		INIT_WORK(&nlk->work, netlink_sock_destruct_work);
-		schedule_work(&nlk->work);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	__netlink_sock_destruct(sk);
-}
-
 /* This lock without WQ_FLAG_EXCLUSIVE is good on UP and it is _very_ bad on
  * SMP. Look, when several writers sleep and reader wakes them up, all but one
  * immediately hit write lock and grab all the cpus. Exclusive sleep solves
@@ -664,11 +644,19 @@ static int netlink_create(struct net *net, struct socket *sock, int protocol,
 	goto out;
 }
 
+static void netlink_sock_put_work(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct netlink_sock *nlk = container_of(work, struct netlink_sock,
+						work);
+	sock_put(&nlk->sk);
+}
+
 static void deferred_put_nlk_sk(struct rcu_head *head)
 {
 	struct netlink_sock *nlk = container_of(head, struct netlink_sock, rcu);
 
-	sock_put(&nlk->sk);
+	INIT_WORK(&nlk->work, netlink_sock_put_work);
+	schedule_work(&nlk->work);
 }
 
 static int netlink_release(struct socket *sock)