diff --git a/drivers/net/macsec.c b/drivers/net/macsec.c
index 2c98152d1e1b..1d025ab9568f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macsec.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macsec.c
@@ -2411,7 +2411,7 @@ static int dump_secy(struct macsec_secy *secy, struct net_device *dev,
 	if (!hdr)
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 
-	genl_dump_check_consistent(cb, hdr, &macsec_fam);
+	genl_dump_check_consistent(cb, hdr);
 
 	if (nla_put_u32(skb, MACSEC_ATTR_IFINDEX, dev->ifindex))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c b/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c
index 07a49f58070a..7c3600643c7f 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/mac80211_hwsim.c
@@ -2805,7 +2805,7 @@ static int mac80211_hwsim_get_radio(struct sk_buff *skb,
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 
 	if (cb)
-		genl_dump_check_consistent(cb, hdr, &hwsim_genl_family);
+		genl_dump_check_consistent(cb, hdr);
 
 	if (data->alpha2[0] && data->alpha2[1])
 		param.reg_alpha2 = data->alpha2;
diff --git a/include/net/genetlink.h b/include/net/genetlink.h
index 5ac169a735f4..decf6012a401 100644
--- a/include/net/genetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/genetlink.h
@@ -154,15 +154,12 @@ void *genlmsg_put(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 portid, u32 seq,
 /**
  * genlmsg_nlhdr - Obtain netlink header from user specified header
  * @user_hdr: user header as returned from genlmsg_put()
- * @family: generic netlink family
  *
  * Returns pointer to netlink header.
  */
-static inline struct nlmsghdr *
-genlmsg_nlhdr(void *user_hdr, const struct genl_family *family)
+static inline struct nlmsghdr *genlmsg_nlhdr(void *user_hdr)
 {
 	return (struct nlmsghdr *)((char *)user_hdr -
-				   family->hdrsize -
 				   GENL_HDRLEN -
 				   NLMSG_HDRLEN);
 }
@@ -190,16 +187,14 @@ static inline int genlmsg_parse(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
  * genl_dump_check_consistent - check if sequence is consistent and advertise if not
  * @cb: netlink callback structure that stores the sequence number
  * @user_hdr: user header as returned from genlmsg_put()
- * @family: generic netlink family
  *
  * Cf. nl_dump_check_consistent(), this just provides a wrapper to make it
  * simpler to use with generic netlink.
  */
 static inline void genl_dump_check_consistent(struct netlink_callback *cb,
-					      void *user_hdr,
-					      const struct genl_family *family)
+					      void *user_hdr)
 {
-	nl_dump_check_consistent(cb, genlmsg_nlhdr(user_hdr, family));
+	nl_dump_check_consistent(cb, genlmsg_nlhdr(user_hdr));
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/net/nfc/netlink.c b/net/nfc/netlink.c
index f6359c277212..c0b83dc9d993 100644
--- a/net/nfc/netlink.c
+++ b/net/nfc/netlink.c
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ static int nfc_genl_send_target(struct sk_buff *msg, struct nfc_target *target,
 	if (!hdr)
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 
-	genl_dump_check_consistent(cb, hdr, &nfc_genl_family);
+	genl_dump_check_consistent(cb, hdr);
 
 	if (nla_put_u32(msg, NFC_ATTR_TARGET_INDEX, target->idx) ||
 	    nla_put_u32(msg, NFC_ATTR_PROTOCOLS, target->supported_protocols) ||
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ static int nfc_genl_send_device(struct sk_buff *msg, struct nfc_dev *dev,
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 
 	if (cb)
-		genl_dump_check_consistent(cb, hdr, &nfc_genl_family);
+		genl_dump_check_consistent(cb, hdr);
 
 	if (nfc_genl_setup_device_added(dev, msg))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
@@ -1356,7 +1356,7 @@ static int nfc_genl_send_se(struct sk_buff *msg, struct nfc_dev *dev,
 			goto nla_put_failure;
 
 		if (cb)
-			genl_dump_check_consistent(cb, hdr, &nfc_genl_family);
+			genl_dump_check_consistent(cb, hdr);
 
 		if (nla_put_u32(msg, NFC_ATTR_DEVICE_INDEX, dev->idx) ||
 		    nla_put_u32(msg, NFC_ATTR_SE_INDEX, se->idx) ||
diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index bb16f1ec766e..a0e1951227fa 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -6291,7 +6291,7 @@ static int nl80211_send_regdom(struct sk_buff *msg, struct netlink_callback *cb,
 	if (!hdr)
 		return -1;
 
-	genl_dump_check_consistent(cb, hdr, &nl80211_fam);
+	genl_dump_check_consistent(cb, hdr);
 
 	if (nl80211_put_regdom(regdom, msg))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
@@ -7722,7 +7722,7 @@ static int nl80211_send_bss(struct sk_buff *msg, struct netlink_callback *cb,
 	if (!hdr)
 		return -1;
 
-	genl_dump_check_consistent(cb, hdr, &nl80211_fam);
+	genl_dump_check_consistent(cb, hdr);
 
 	if (nla_put_u32(msg, NL80211_ATTR_GENERATION, rdev->bss_generation))
 		goto nla_put_failure;