diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 629b061..4d751e3 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1645,6 +1645,24 @@
 	kfree(cb);
 }
 
+struct nlmsghdr *
+__nlmsg_put(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid, u32 seq, int type, int len, int flags)
+{
+	struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
+	int size = NLMSG_LENGTH(len);
+
+	nlh = (struct nlmsghdr*)skb_put(skb, NLMSG_ALIGN(size));
+	nlh->nlmsg_type = type;
+	nlh->nlmsg_len = size;
+	nlh->nlmsg_flags = flags;
+	nlh->nlmsg_pid = pid;
+	nlh->nlmsg_seq = seq;
+	if (!__builtin_constant_p(size) || NLMSG_ALIGN(size) - size != 0)
+		memset(NLMSG_DATA(nlh) + len, 0, NLMSG_ALIGN(size) - size);
+	return nlh;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__nlmsg_put);
+
 /*
  * It looks a bit ugly.
  * It would be better to create kernel thread.
diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index c29d256..a115471 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -498,6 +498,37 @@
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(genl_unregister_family);
 
+/**
+ * genlmsg_put - Add generic netlink header to netlink message
+ * @skb: socket buffer holding the message
+ * @pid: netlink pid the message is addressed to
+ * @seq: sequence number (usually the one of the sender)
+ * @family: generic netlink family
+ * @flags netlink message flags
+ * @cmd: generic netlink command
+ *
+ * Returns pointer to user specific header
+ */
+void *genlmsg_put(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid, u32 seq,
+				struct genl_family *family, int flags, u8 cmd)
+{
+	struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
+	struct genlmsghdr *hdr;
+
+	nlh = nlmsg_put(skb, pid, seq, family->id, GENL_HDRLEN +
+			family->hdrsize, flags);
+	if (nlh == NULL)
+		return NULL;
+
+	hdr = nlmsg_data(nlh);
+	hdr->cmd = cmd;
+	hdr->version = family->version;
+	hdr->reserved = 0;
+
+	return (char *) hdr + GENL_HDRLEN;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(genlmsg_put);
+
 static int genl_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 {
 	struct genl_ops *ops;