diff --git a/security/selinux/hooks.c b/security/selinux/hooks.c
index addb585..5f02b4b 100644
--- a/security/selinux/hooks.c
+++ b/security/selinux/hooks.c
@@ -3786,7 +3786,7 @@
 		err = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
 	}
-	nlh = (struct nlmsghdr *)skb->data;
+	nlh = nlmsg_hdr(skb);
 	
 	err = selinux_nlmsg_lookup(isec->sclass, nlh->nlmsg_type, &perm);
 	if (err) {