#endif /* CONFIG_PROC_FS */
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ARPD
-void neigh_app_ns(struct neighbour *n)
+static void __neigh_notify(struct neighbour *n, int type, int flags)
 {
        struct sk_buff *skb;
+       int err = -ENOBUFS;
 
        skb = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
        if (skb == NULL)
-               return;
+               goto errout;
 
-       if (neigh_fill_info(skb, n, 0, 0, RTM_GETNEIGH, NLM_F_REQUEST) <= 0)
+       err = neigh_fill_info(skb, n, 0, 0, type, flags);
+       if (err < 0) {
                kfree_skb(skb);
-       else {
-               NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_group  = RTNLGRP_NEIGH;
-               netlink_broadcast(rtnl, skb, 0, RTNLGRP_NEIGH, GFP_ATOMIC);
+               goto errout;
        }
+
+       err = rtnl_notify(skb, 0, RTNLGRP_NEIGH, NULL, GFP_ATOMIC);
+errout:
+       if (err < 0)
+               rtnl_set_sk_err(RTNLGRP_NEIGH, err);
 }
 
-static void neigh_app_notify(struct neighbour *n)
+void neigh_app_ns(struct neighbour *n)
 {
-       struct sk_buff *skb;
-
-       skb = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_GOODSIZE, GFP_ATOMIC);
-       if (skb == NULL)
-               return;
+       __neigh_notify(n, RTM_GETNEIGH, NLM_F_REQUEST);
+}
 
-       if (neigh_fill_info(skb, n, 0, 0, RTM_NEWNEIGH, 0) <= 0)
-               kfree_skb(skb);
-       else {
-               NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_group  = RTNLGRP_NEIGH;
-               netlink_broadcast(rtnl, skb, 0, RTNLGRP_NEIGH, GFP_ATOMIC);
-       }
+static void neigh_app_notify(struct neighbour *n)
+{
+       __neigh_notify(n, RTM_NEWNEIGH, 0);
 }
 
 #endif /* CONFIG_ARPD */