diff --git a/net/tipc/netlink.c b/net/tipc/netlink.c
index 4cdafa2d1d4d..6a7f7b4c2595 100644
--- a/net/tipc/netlink.c
+++ b/net/tipc/netlink.c
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ static int handle_cmd(struct sk_buff *skb, struct genl_info *info)
 		rep_nlh = nlmsg_hdr(rep_buf);
 		memcpy(rep_nlh, req_nlh, hdr_space);
 		rep_nlh->nlmsg_len = rep_buf->len;
-		genlmsg_unicast(rep_buf, req_nlh->nlmsg_pid);
+		genlmsg_unicast(rep_buf, NETLINK_CB(skb).pid);
 	}
 
 	return 0;