diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index f30d596dbc584e801fa0194cab2f3b9494e2e3bc..eff5b0ddc5ca7757d659a2f7bd892f902ff5790e 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -498,7 +498,7 @@ static int netlink_release(struct socket *sock)
 
 	skb_queue_purge(&sk->sk_write_queue);
 
-	if (nlk->pid && !nlk->subscriptions) {
+	if (nlk->pid) {
 		struct netlink_notify n = {
 						.net = sock_net(sk),
 						.protocol = sk->sk_protocol,