struct netlink_ext_ack *extack,
                                const struct genl_ops *ops,
                                int hdrlen,
-                               enum genl_validate_flags no_strict_flag)
+                               enum genl_validate_flags no_strict_flag,
+                               bool parallel)
 {
        enum netlink_validation validate = ops->validate & no_strict_flag ?
                                           NL_VALIDATE_LIBERAL :
        struct nlattr **attrbuf;
        int err;
 
-       if (family->maxattr && family->parallel_ops) {
+       if (parallel) {
                attrbuf = kmalloc_array(family->maxattr + 1,
                                        sizeof(struct nlattr *), GFP_KERNEL);
                if (!attrbuf)
 
        err = __nlmsg_parse(nlh, hdrlen, attrbuf, family->maxattr,
                            family->policy, validate, extack);
-       if (err && family->maxattr && family->parallel_ops) {
+       if (err && parallel) {
                kfree(attrbuf);
                return ERR_PTR(err);
        }
 }
 
 static void genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_free(const struct genl_family *family,
-                                          struct nlattr **attrbuf)
+                                          struct nlattr **attrbuf,
+                                          bool parallel)
 {
-       if (family->maxattr && family->parallel_ops)
+       if (parallel)
                kfree(attrbuf);
 }
 
                rc = ops->done(cb);
                genl_unlock();
        }
-       genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_free(info->family, info->attrs);
+       genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_free(info->family, info->attrs, true);
        genl_dumpit_info_free(info);
        return rc;
 }
 
        if (ops->done)
                rc = ops->done(cb);
-       genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_free(info->family, info->attrs);
+       genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_free(info->family, info->attrs, true);
        genl_dumpit_info_free(info);
        return rc;
 }
 
        attrs = genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_parse(family, nlh, extack,
                                                ops, hdrlen,
-                                               GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_DUMP_STRICT);
+                                               GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_DUMP_STRICT,
+                                               true);
        if (IS_ERR(attrs))
                return PTR_ERR(attrs);
 
        /* Allocate dumpit info. It is going to be freed by done() callback. */
        info = genl_dumpit_info_alloc();
        if (!info) {
-               genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_free(family, attrs);
+               genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_free(family, attrs, true);
                return -ENOMEM;
        }
 
 
        attrbuf = genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_parse(family, nlh, extack,
                                                  ops, hdrlen,
-                                                 GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_STRICT);
+                                                 GENL_DONT_VALIDATE_STRICT,
+                                                 family->maxattr &&
+                                                 family->parallel_ops);
        if (IS_ERR(attrbuf))
                return PTR_ERR(attrbuf);
 
                family->post_doit(ops, skb, &info);
 
 out:
-       genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_free(family, attrbuf);
+       genl_family_rcv_msg_attrs_free(family, attrbuf,
+                                      family->maxattr && family->parallel_ops);
 
        return err;
 }