a/sys/netlink/netlink_glue.c b/sys/netlink/netlink_glue.c
index 0e8fdc0b054c..4b593fd9657b 100644
--- a/sys/netlink/netlink_glue.c
+++ b/sys/netlink/netlink_glue.c
@@ -85,13 +85,13 @@ struct rtbridge *netlink_callback_p = &ignore_cb;
 bool
 nlp_has_priv(struct nlpcb *nlp, int priv)
 {
-	return (priv_check_cred(nlp->nl_cred, priv) == 0);
+	return (priv_check_cred(nlp->nl_socket->so_cred, priv) == 0);
 }
 
 struct ucred *
 nlp_get_cred(struct nlpcb *nlp)
 {
-	return (nlp->nl_cred);
+	return (nlp->nl_socket->so_cred);
 }
 
 uint32_t
diff --git a/sys/netlink/netlink_var.h b/sys/netlink/netlink_var.h
index 11b69eb604fe..ce10a303f9f7 100644
--- a/sys/netlink/netlink_var.h
+++ b/sys/netlink/netlink_var.h
@@ -69,7 +69,6 @@ struct nlpcb {
 	bool			nl_need_thread_setup;
 	struct taskqueue	*nl_taskqueue;
 	struct task		nl_task;
-	struct ucred		*nl_cred; /* Copy of nl_socket->so_cred */
 	uint64_t		nl_dropped_bytes;
 	uint64_t		nl_dropped_messages;
         CK_LIST_ENTRY(nlpcb)    nl_next;