diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 7b45598..5d1079b 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1479,6 +1479,10 @@
 		if (!(nlh->nlmsg_flags & NLM_F_REQUEST))
 			goto skip;
 
+		/* Skip control messages */
+		if (nlh->nlmsg_type < NLMSG_MIN_TYPE)
+			goto skip;
+
 		if (cb(skb, nlh, &err) < 0) {
 			/* Not an error, but we have to interrupt processing
 			 * here. Note: that in this case we do not pull