diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 67d210477863..a774985489e2 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -2401,7 +2401,7 @@ static int netlink_sendmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len)
 	 * sendmsg(), but that's what we've got...
 	 */
 	if (netlink_tx_is_mmaped(sk) &&
-	    msg->msg_iter.type == ITER_IOVEC &&
+	    iter_is_iovec(&msg->msg_iter) &&
 	    msg->msg_iter.nr_segs == 1 &&
 	    msg->msg_iter.iov->iov_base == NULL) {
 		err = netlink_mmap_sendmsg(sk, msg, dst_portid, dst_group,