diff --git a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
index 627f898c05b9..62bea4591054 100644
--- a/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/af_netlink.c
@@ -1832,7 +1832,7 @@ static int netlink_recvmsg(struct socket *sock, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len,
 	/* Record the max length of recvmsg() calls for future allocations */
 	nlk->max_recvmsg_len = max(nlk->max_recvmsg_len, len);
 	nlk->max_recvmsg_len = min_t(size_t, nlk->max_recvmsg_len,
-				     16384);
+				     SKB_WITH_OVERHEAD(32768));
 
 	copied = data_skb->len;
 	if (len < copied) {
@@ -2083,8 +2083,9 @@ static int netlink_dump(struct sock *sk)
 
 	if (alloc_min_size < nlk->max_recvmsg_len) {
 		alloc_size = nlk->max_recvmsg_len;
-		skb = alloc_skb(alloc_size, GFP_KERNEL |
-					    __GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NORETRY);
+		skb = alloc_skb(alloc_size,
+				(GFP_KERNEL & ~__GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM) |
+				__GFP_NOWARN | __GFP_NORETRY);
 	}
 	if (!skb) {
 		alloc_size = alloc_min_size;