diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index d9c7869312c17b1896b4955682d78b640eabcb22..12ac6b47a35c45fe0abb5fce87ef07dfdf1ba1f7 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -2504,7 +2504,6 @@ int __netlink_dump_start(struct sock *ssk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	cb->data = control->data;
 	cb->module = control->module;
 	cb->min_dump_alloc = control->min_dump_alloc;
-	atomic_inc(&skb->users);
 	cb->skb = skb;
 
 	sk = netlink_lookup(sock_net(ssk), ssk->sk_protocol, NETLINK_CB(skb).portid);