1 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/libbb/xconnect.c b/libbb/xconnect.c
index e9a2470e4..5dd9cfd28 100644
--- a/libbb/xconnect.c
+++ b/libbb/xconnect.c
@@ -422,17 +422,14 @@ int FAST_FUNC create_and_bind_to_netlink(int proto, int grp, unsigned rcvbuf)
         struct sockaddr_nl sa;
         int fd;
 
-        memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(sa));
-        sa.nl_family = AF_NETLINK;
-        sa.nl_pid = getpid();
-        sa.nl_groups = grp;
         fd = xsocket(AF_NETLINK, SOCK_DGRAM, proto);
-        xbind(fd, (struct sockaddr *) &sa, sizeof(sa));
-        close_on_exec_on(fd);
 
+        /* Set receive buffer size before binding the socket
+         * We want to have enough space before we start receiving messages.
+         */
         if (rcvbuf != 0) {
-                // SO_RCVBUFFORCE (root only) can go above net.core.rmem_max sysctl
-                setsockopt_SOL_SOCKET_int(fd, SO_RCVBUF,      rcvbuf);
+                setsockopt_SOL_SOCKET_int(fd, SO_RCVBUF, rcvbuf);
+                /* SO_RCVBUFFORCE (root only) can go above net.core.rmem_max */
                 setsockopt_SOL_SOCKET_int(fd, SO_RCVBUFFORCE, rcvbuf);
 # if 0
                 {
@@ -444,6 +441,13 @@ int FAST_FUNC create_and_bind_to_netlink(int proto, int grp, unsigned rcvbuf)
 # endif
         }
 
+        memset(&sa, 0, sizeof(sa));
+        sa.nl_family = AF_NETLINK;
+        sa.nl_pid = getpid();
+        sa.nl_groups = grp;
+        xbind(fd, (struct sockaddr *) &sa, sizeof(sa));
+        close_on_exec_on(fd);
+
         return fd;
 }
 #endif