diff --git a/net/dcb/dcbnl.c b/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
index ac1205d..2afd617 100644
--- a/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
+++ b/net/dcb/dcbnl.c
@@ -1126,7 +1126,7 @@
 	u32 pid = skb ? NETLINK_CB(skb).pid : 0;
 	int ret = -EINVAL;
 
-	if (net != &init_net)
+	if (!net_eq(net, &init_net))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	ret = nlmsg_parse(nlh, sizeof(*dcb), tb, DCB_ATTR_MAX,