diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index 7a742594916e177461a5374693e78c07bcbce09b..6ea960b1a8eb776e69f34df3d22ec7b3c4c8de5b 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -1719,9 +1719,10 @@ static int nl80211_dump_wiphy(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 				 * We can then retry with the larger buffer.
 				 */
 				if ((ret == -ENOBUFS || ret == -EMSGSIZE) &&
-				    !skb->len &&
+				    !skb->len && !state->split &&
 				    cb->min_dump_alloc < 4096) {
 					cb->min_dump_alloc = 4096;
+					state->split_start = 0;
 					rtnl_unlock();
 					return 1;
 				}