int netlink_policy_dump_start(const struct nla_policy *policy,
                              unsigned int maxtype,
                              unsigned long *state);
-bool netlink_policy_dump_loop(unsigned long *state);
+bool netlink_policy_dump_loop(unsigned long state);
 int netlink_policy_dump_write(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned long state);
+void netlink_policy_dump_free(unsigned long state);
 
 #endif
 
        if (err)
                return err;
 
-       while (netlink_policy_dump_loop(&cb->args[1])) {
+       while (netlink_policy_dump_loop(cb->args[1])) {
                void *hdr;
                struct nlattr *nest;
 
        return skb->len;
 }
 
+static int ctrl_dumppolicy_done(struct netlink_callback *cb)
+{
+       netlink_policy_dump_free(cb->args[1]);
+       return 0;
+}
+
 static const struct genl_ops genl_ctrl_ops[] = {
        {
                .cmd            = CTRL_CMD_GETFAMILY,
        {
                .cmd            = CTRL_CMD_GETPOLICY,
                .dumpit         = ctrl_dumppolicy,
+               .done           = ctrl_dumppolicy_done,
        },
 };
 
 
        unsigned int policy_idx;
        int err;
 
-       /* also returns 0 if "*_state" is our ERR_PTR() end marker */
        if (*_state)
                return 0;
 
               !state->policies[state->policy_idx].policy;
 }
 
-bool netlink_policy_dump_loop(unsigned long *_state)
+bool netlink_policy_dump_loop(unsigned long _state)
 {
-       struct nl_policy_dump *state = (void *)*_state;
-
-       if (IS_ERR(state))
-               return false;
-
-       if (netlink_policy_dump_finished(state)) {
-               kfree(state);
-               /* store end marker instead of freed state */
-               *_state = (unsigned long)ERR_PTR(-ENOENT);
-               return false;
-       }
+       struct nl_policy_dump *state = (void *)_state;
 
-       return true;
+       return !netlink_policy_dump_finished(state);
 }
 
 int netlink_policy_dump_write(struct sk_buff *skb, unsigned long _state)
        nla_nest_cancel(skb, policy);
        return -ENOBUFS;
 }
+
+void netlink_policy_dump_free(unsigned long _state)
+{
+       struct nl_policy_dump *state = (void *)_state;
+
+       kfree(state);
+}