diff --git a/include/net/genetlink.h b/include/net/genetlink.h
index 6bc37f392a9a..85c63d4f16dd 100644
--- a/include/net/genetlink.h
+++ b/include/net/genetlink.h
@@ -448,6 +448,35 @@ static inline void genlmsg_cancel(struct sk_buff *skb, void *hdr)
 		nlmsg_cancel(skb, hdr - GENL_HDRLEN - NLMSG_HDRLEN);
 }
 
+/**
+ * genlmsg_multicast_netns_filtered - multicast a netlink message
+ *				      to a specific netns with filter
+ *				      function
+ * @family: the generic netlink family
+ * @net: the net namespace
+ * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
+ * @portid: own netlink portid to avoid sending to yourself
+ * @group: offset of multicast group in groups array
+ * @flags: allocation flags
+ * @filter: filter function
+ * @filter_data: filter function private data
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, negative error code for failure.
+ */
+static inline int
+genlmsg_multicast_netns_filtered(const struct genl_family *family,
+				 struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
+				 u32 portid, unsigned int group, gfp_t flags,
+				 netlink_filter_fn filter,
+				 void *filter_data)
+{
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(group >= family->n_mcgrps))
+		return -EINVAL;
+	group = family->mcgrp_offset + group;
+	return nlmsg_multicast_filtered(net->genl_sock, skb, portid, group,
+					flags, filter, filter_data);
+}
+
 /**
  * genlmsg_multicast_netns - multicast a netlink message to a specific netns
  * @family: the generic netlink family
@@ -461,10 +490,8 @@ static inline int genlmsg_multicast_netns(const struct genl_family *family,
 					  struct net *net, struct sk_buff *skb,
 					  u32 portid, unsigned int group, gfp_t flags)
 {
-	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(group >= family->n_mcgrps))
-		return -EINVAL;
-	group = family->mcgrp_offset + group;
-	return nlmsg_multicast(net->genl_sock, skb, portid, group, flags);
+	return genlmsg_multicast_netns_filtered(family, net, skb, portid,
+						group, flags, NULL, NULL);
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/include/net/netlink.h b/include/net/netlink.h
index 28039e57070a..c19ff921b661 100644
--- a/include/net/netlink.h
+++ b/include/net/netlink.h
@@ -1086,6 +1086,36 @@ static inline void nlmsg_free(struct sk_buff *skb)
 	kfree_skb(skb);
 }
 
+/**
+ * nlmsg_multicast_filtered - multicast a netlink message with filter function
+ * @sk: netlink socket to spread messages to
+ * @skb: netlink message as socket buffer
+ * @portid: own netlink portid to avoid sending to yourself
+ * @group: multicast group id
+ * @flags: allocation flags
+ * @filter: filter function
+ * @filter_data: filter function private data
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, negative error code for failure.
+ */
+static inline int nlmsg_multicast_filtered(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
+					   u32 portid, unsigned int group,
+					   gfp_t flags,
+					   netlink_filter_fn filter,
+					   void *filter_data)
+{
+	int err;
+
+	NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_group = group;
+
+	err = netlink_broadcast_filtered(sk, skb, portid, group, flags,
+					 filter, filter_data);
+	if (err > 0)
+		err = 0;
+
+	return err;
+}
+
 /**
  * nlmsg_multicast - multicast a netlink message
  * @sk: netlink socket to spread messages to
@@ -1097,15 +1127,8 @@ static inline void nlmsg_free(struct sk_buff *skb)
 static inline int nlmsg_multicast(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb,
 				  u32 portid, unsigned int group, gfp_t flags)
 {
-	int err;
-
-	NETLINK_CB(skb).dst_group = group;
-
-	err = netlink_broadcast(sk, skb, portid, group, flags);
-	if (err > 0)
-		err = 0;
-
-	return err;
+	return nlmsg_multicast_filtered(sk, skb, portid, group, flags,
+					NULL, NULL);
 }
 
 /**