return netlink_lookup_frame(ring, ring->head, status);
 }
 
-static struct nl_mmap_hdr *
-netlink_previous_frame(const struct netlink_ring *ring,
-                      enum nl_mmap_status status)
-{
-       unsigned int prev;
-
-       prev = ring->head ? ring->head - 1 : ring->frame_max;
-       return netlink_lookup_frame(ring, prev, status);
-}
-
 static void netlink_increment_head(struct netlink_ring *ring)
 {
        ring->head = ring->head != ring->frame_max ? ring->head + 1 : 0;
        } while (ring->head != head);
 }
 
+static bool netlink_has_valid_frame(struct netlink_ring *ring)
+{
+       unsigned int head = ring->head, pos = head;
+       const struct nl_mmap_hdr *hdr;
+
+       do {
+               hdr = __netlink_lookup_frame(ring, pos);
+               if (hdr->nm_status == NL_MMAP_STATUS_VALID)
+                       return true;
+               pos = pos != 0 ? pos - 1 : ring->frame_max;
+       } while (pos != head);
+
+       return false;
+}
+
 static bool netlink_dump_space(struct netlink_sock *nlk)
 {
        struct netlink_ring *ring = &nlk->rx_ring;
 
        spin_lock_bh(&sk->sk_receive_queue.lock);
        if (nlk->rx_ring.pg_vec) {
-               netlink_forward_ring(&nlk->rx_ring);
-               if (!netlink_previous_frame(&nlk->rx_ring, NL_MMAP_STATUS_UNUSED))
+               if (netlink_has_valid_frame(&nlk->rx_ring))
                        mask |= POLLIN | POLLRDNORM;
        }
        spin_unlock_bh(&sk->sk_receive_queue.lock);