diff --git a/net/wireless/wext.c b/net/wireless/wext.c
index d6aaf65..debf519 100644
--- a/net/wireless/wext.c
+++ b/net/wireless/wext.c
@@ -1129,10 +1129,12 @@
 {
 	struct ifinfomsg *r;
 	struct nlmsghdr  *nlh;
-	unsigned char	 *b = skb_tail_pointer(skb);
 
-	nlh = NLMSG_PUT(skb, 0, 0, type, sizeof(*r));
-	r = NLMSG_DATA(nlh);
+	nlh = nlmsg_put(skb, 0, 0, type, sizeof(*r), 0);
+	if (nlh == NULL)
+		return -EMSGSIZE;
+
+	r = nlmsg_data(nlh);
 	r->ifi_family = AF_UNSPEC;
 	r->__ifi_pad = 0;
 	r->ifi_type = dev->type;
@@ -1141,15 +1143,13 @@
 	r->ifi_change = 0;	/* Wireless changes don't affect those flags */
 
 	/* Add the wireless events in the netlink packet */
-	RTA_PUT(skb, IFLA_WIRELESS, event_len, event);
+	NLA_PUT(skb, IFLA_WIRELESS, event_len, event);
 
-	nlh->nlmsg_len = skb_tail_pointer(skb) - b;
-	return skb->len;
+	return nlmsg_end(skb, nlh);
 
-nlmsg_failure:
-rtattr_failure:
-	nlmsg_trim(skb, b);
-	return -1;
+nla_put_failure:
+	nlmsg_cancel(skb, nlh);
+	return -EMSGSIZE;
 }
 
 /* ---------------------------------------------------------------- */
@@ -1162,17 +1162,19 @@
 static void rtmsg_iwinfo(struct net_device *dev, char *event, int event_len)
 {
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
-	int size = NLMSG_GOODSIZE;
+	int err;
 
-	skb = alloc_skb(size, GFP_ATOMIC);
+	skb = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_DEFAULT_SIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!skb)
 		return;
 
-	if (rtnetlink_fill_iwinfo(skb, dev, RTM_NEWLINK,
-				  event, event_len) < 0) {
+	err = rtnetlink_fill_iwinfo(skb, dev, RTM_NEWLINK, event, event_len);
+	if (err < 0) {
+		WARN_ON(err == -EMSGSIZE);
 		kfree_skb(skb);
 		return;
 	}
+
 	NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_group = RTNLGRP_LINK;
 	skb_queue_tail(&wireless_nlevent_queue, skb);
 	tasklet_schedule(&wireless_nlevent_tasklet);