diff --git a/lib/kobject_uevent.c b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
index 54cfbaeb3a4e..fa10ad8e9b17 100644
--- a/lib/kobject_uevent.c
+++ b/lib/kobject_uevent.c
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 #include <linux/uuid.h>
 #include <linux/ctype.h>
 #include <net/sock.h>
+#include <net/netlink.h>
 #include <net/net_namespace.h>
 
 
@@ -604,12 +605,88 @@ int add_uevent_var(struct kobj_uevent_env *env, const char *format, ...)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(add_uevent_var);
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_NET)
+static int uevent_net_broadcast(struct sock *usk, struct sk_buff *skb,
+				struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+{
+	/* u64 to chars: 2^64 - 1 = 21 chars */
+	char buf[sizeof("SEQNUM=") + 21];
+	struct sk_buff *skbc;
+	int ret;
+
+	/* bump and prepare sequence number */
+	ret = snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf), "SEQNUM=%llu", ++uevent_seqnum);
+	if (ret < 0 || (size_t)ret >= sizeof(buf))
+		return -ENOMEM;
+	ret++;
+
+	/* verify message does not overflow */
+	if ((skb->len + ret) > UEVENT_BUFFER_SIZE) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "uevent message too big");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	/* copy skb and extend to accommodate sequence number */
+	skbc = skb_copy_expand(skb, 0, ret, GFP_KERNEL);
+	if (!skbc)
+		return -ENOMEM;
+
+	/* append sequence number */
+	skb_put_data(skbc, buf, ret);
+
+	/* remove msg header */
+	skb_pull(skbc, NLMSG_HDRLEN);
+
+	/* set portid 0 to inform userspace message comes from kernel */
+	NETLINK_CB(skbc).portid = 0;
+	NETLINK_CB(skbc).dst_group = 1;
+
+	ret = netlink_broadcast(usk, skbc, 0, 1, GFP_KERNEL);
+	/* ENOBUFS should be handled in userspace */
+	if (ret == -ENOBUFS || ret == -ESRCH)
+		ret = 0;
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static int uevent_net_rcv_skb(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
+			      struct netlink_ext_ack *extack)
+{
+	struct net *net;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (!nlmsg_data(nlh))
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/*
+	 * Verify that we are allowed to send messages to the target
+	 * network namespace. The caller must have CAP_SYS_ADMIN in the
+	 * owning user namespace of the target network namespace.
+	 */
+	net = sock_net(NETLINK_CB(skb).sk);
+	if (!netlink_ns_capable(skb, net->user_ns, CAP_SYS_ADMIN)) {
+		NL_SET_ERR_MSG(extack, "missing CAP_SYS_ADMIN capability");
+		return -EPERM;
+	}
+
+	mutex_lock(&uevent_sock_mutex);
+	ret = uevent_net_broadcast(net->uevent_sock->sk, skb, extack);
+	mutex_unlock(&uevent_sock_mutex);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
+static void uevent_net_rcv(struct sk_buff *skb)
+{
+	netlink_rcv_skb(skb, &uevent_net_rcv_skb);
+}
+
 static int uevent_net_init(struct net *net)
 {
 	struct uevent_sock *ue_sk;
 	struct netlink_kernel_cfg cfg = {
 		.groups	= 1,
-		.flags	= NL_CFG_F_NONROOT_RECV,
+		.input = uevent_net_rcv,
+		.flags	= NL_CFG_F_NONROOT_RECV
 	};
 
 	ue_sk = kzalloc(sizeof(*ue_sk), GFP_KERNEL);