diff --git a/net/key/af_key.c b/net/key/af_key.c
index cd3fa2d0d8e9..11a0d7d783fa 100644
--- a/net/key/af_key.c
+++ b/net/key/af_key.c
@@ -187,30 +187,22 @@ static int pfkey_release(struct socket *sock)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static int pfkey_broadcast_one(struct sk_buff *skb, struct sk_buff **skb2,
-			       gfp_t allocation, struct sock *sk)
+static int pfkey_broadcast_one(struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t allocation,
+			       struct sock *sk)
 {
 	int err = -ENOBUFS;
 
-	sock_hold(sk);
-	if (*skb2 == NULL) {
-		if (atomic_read(&skb->users) != 1) {
-			*skb2 = skb_clone(skb, allocation);
-		} else {
-			*skb2 = skb;
-			atomic_inc(&skb->users);
-		}
-	}
-	if (*skb2 != NULL) {
-		if (atomic_read(&sk->sk_rmem_alloc) <= sk->sk_rcvbuf) {
-			skb_set_owner_r(*skb2, sk);
-			skb_queue_tail(&sk->sk_receive_queue, *skb2);
-			sk->sk_data_ready(sk);
-			*skb2 = NULL;
-			err = 0;
-		}
+	if (atomic_read(&sk->sk_rmem_alloc) > sk->sk_rcvbuf)
+		return err;
+
+	skb = skb_clone(skb, allocation);
+
+	if (skb) {
+		skb_set_owner_r(skb, sk);
+		skb_queue_tail(&sk->sk_receive_queue, skb);
+		sk->sk_data_ready(sk);
+		err = 0;
 	}
-	sock_put(sk);
 	return err;
 }
 
@@ -225,7 +217,6 @@ static int pfkey_broadcast(struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t allocation,
 {
 	struct netns_pfkey *net_pfkey = net_generic(net, pfkey_net_id);
 	struct sock *sk;
-	struct sk_buff *skb2 = NULL;
 	int err = -ESRCH;
 
 	/* XXX Do we need something like netlink_overrun?  I think
@@ -244,7 +235,7 @@ static int pfkey_broadcast(struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t allocation,
 		 * socket.
 		 */
 		if (pfk->promisc)
-			pfkey_broadcast_one(skb, &skb2, allocation, sk);
+			pfkey_broadcast_one(skb, GFP_ATOMIC, sk);
 
 		/* the exact target will be processed later */
 		if (sk == one_sk)
@@ -259,9 +250,9 @@ static int pfkey_broadcast(struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t allocation,
 				continue;
 		}
 
-		err2 = pfkey_broadcast_one(skb, &skb2, allocation, sk);
+		err2 = pfkey_broadcast_one(skb, GFP_ATOMIC, sk);
 
-		/* Error is cleare after succecful sending to at least one
+		/* Error is cleared after successful sending to at least one
 		 * registered KM */
 		if ((broadcast_flags & BROADCAST_REGISTERED) && err)
 			err = err2;
@@ -269,9 +260,8 @@ static int pfkey_broadcast(struct sk_buff *skb, gfp_t allocation,
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
 	if (one_sk != NULL)
-		err = pfkey_broadcast_one(skb, &skb2, allocation, one_sk);
+		err = pfkey_broadcast_one(skb, allocation, one_sk);
 
-	kfree_skb(skb2);
 	kfree_skb(skb);
 	return err;
 }