1 files changed, 1 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/networking/ifplugd.c b/networking/ifplugd.c
index 1426709cb..b7b26c113 100644
--- a/networking/ifplugd.c
+++ b/networking/ifplugd.c
@@ -604,15 +604,7 @@ int ifplugd_main(int argc UNUSED_PARAM, char **argv)
 
         xmove_fd(xsocket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0), ioctl_fd);
         if (opts & FLAG_MONITOR) {
-                struct sockaddr_nl addr;
-                int fd = xsocket(PF_NETLINK, SOCK_DGRAM, NETLINK_ROUTE);
-
-                memset(&addr, 0, sizeof(addr));
-                addr.nl_family = AF_NETLINK;
-                addr.nl_groups = RTMGRP_LINK;
-                addr.nl_pid = getpid();
-
-                xbind(fd, (struct sockaddr*)&addr, sizeof(addr));
+                int fd = create_and_bind_to_netlink(NETLINK_ROUTE, RTMGRP_LINK, 0);
                 xmove_fd(fd, netlink_fd);
         }