/* finegrained unicast helpers: */
 struct sock *netlink_getsockbyfilp(struct file *filp);
 int netlink_attachskb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int nonblock,
-               long timeo, struct sock *ssk);
+                     long *timeo, struct sock *ssk);
 void netlink_detachskb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb);
 int netlink_sendskb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb);
 
 
                        return -EINVAL;
                }
                if (notification.sigev_notify == SIGEV_THREAD) {
+                       long timeo;
+
                        /* create the notify skb */
                        nc = alloc_skb(NOTIFY_COOKIE_LEN, GFP_KERNEL);
                        ret = -ENOMEM;
                                goto out;
                        }
 
-                       ret = netlink_attachskb(sock, nc, 0,
-                                       MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT, NULL);
+                       timeo = MAX_SCHEDULE_TIMEOUT;
+                       ret = netlink_attachskb(sock, nc, 0, &timeo, NULL);
                        if (ret == 1)
                                goto retry;
                        if (ret) {
 
  * 1: repeat lookup - reference dropped while waiting for socket memory.
  */
 int netlink_attachskb(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb, int nonblock,
-               long timeo, struct sock *ssk)
+                     long *timeo, struct sock *ssk)
 {
        struct netlink_sock *nlk;
 
        if (atomic_read(&sk->sk_rmem_alloc) > sk->sk_rcvbuf ||
            test_bit(0, &nlk->state)) {
                DECLARE_WAITQUEUE(wait, current);
-               if (!timeo) {
+               if (!*timeo) {
                        if (!ssk || netlink_is_kernel(ssk))
                                netlink_overrun(sk);
                        sock_put(sk);
                if ((atomic_read(&sk->sk_rmem_alloc) > sk->sk_rcvbuf ||
                     test_bit(0, &nlk->state)) &&
                    !sock_flag(sk, SOCK_DEAD))
-                       timeo = schedule_timeout(timeo);
+                       *timeo = schedule_timeout(*timeo);
 
                __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
                remove_wait_queue(&nlk->wait, &wait);
 
                if (signal_pending(current)) {
                        kfree_skb(skb);
-                       return sock_intr_errno(timeo);
+                       return sock_intr_errno(*timeo);
                }
                return 1;
        }
        if (netlink_is_kernel(sk))
                return netlink_unicast_kernel(sk, skb);
 
-       err = netlink_attachskb(sk, skb, nonblock, timeo, ssk);
+       err = netlink_attachskb(sk, skb, nonblock, &timeo, ssk);
        if (err == 1)
                goto retry;
        if (err)