diff --git a/include/linux/genetlink.h b/include/linux/genetlink.h
index 9049dc65ae51..f7a93770e1be 100644
--- a/include/linux/genetlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/genetlink.h
@@ -17,6 +17,9 @@ struct genlmsghdr {
 #define GENL_HDRLEN	NLMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(struct genlmsghdr))
 
 #define GENL_ADMIN_PERM		0x01
+#define GENL_CMD_CAP_DO		0x02
+#define GENL_CMD_CAP_DUMP	0x04
+#define GENL_CMD_CAP_HASPOL	0x08
 
 /*
  * List of reserved static generic netlink identifiers:
@@ -58,9 +61,6 @@ enum {
 	CTRL_ATTR_OP_UNSPEC,
 	CTRL_ATTR_OP_ID,
 	CTRL_ATTR_OP_FLAGS,
-	CTRL_ATTR_OP_POLICY,
-	CTRL_ATTR_OP_DOIT,
-	CTRL_ATTR_OP_DUMPIT,
 	__CTRL_ATTR_OP_MAX,
 };
 
diff --git a/net/netlink/genetlink.c b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
index b9b03747c1f3..b5df749cba8f 100644
--- a/net/netlink/genetlink.c
+++ b/net/netlink/genetlink.c
@@ -143,6 +143,13 @@ int genl_register_ops(struct genl_family *family, struct genl_ops *ops)
 		goto errout;
 	}
 
+	if (ops->dumpit)
+		ops->flags |= GENL_CMD_CAP_DO;
+	if (ops->doit)
+		ops->flags |= GENL_CMD_CAP_DUMP;
+	if (ops->policy)
+		ops->flags |= GENL_CMD_CAP_HASPOL;
+
 	genl_lock();
 	list_add_tail(&ops->ops_list, &family->ops_list);
 	genl_unlock();
@@ -387,7 +394,7 @@ static void genl_rcv(struct sock *sk, int len)
 static struct genl_family genl_ctrl = {
 	.id = GENL_ID_CTRL,
 	.name = "nlctrl",
-	.version = 0x1,
+	.version = 0x2,
 	.maxattr = CTRL_ATTR_MAX,
 };
 
@@ -425,15 +432,6 @@ static int ctrl_fill_info(struct genl_family *family, u32 pid, u32 seq,
 			NLA_PUT_U32(skb, CTRL_ATTR_OP_ID, ops->cmd);
 			NLA_PUT_U32(skb, CTRL_ATTR_OP_FLAGS, ops->flags);
 
-			if (ops->policy)
-				NLA_PUT_FLAG(skb, CTRL_ATTR_OP_POLICY);
-
-			if (ops->doit)
-				NLA_PUT_FLAG(skb, CTRL_ATTR_OP_DOIT);
-
-			if (ops->dumpit)
-				NLA_PUT_FLAG(skb, CTRL_ATTR_OP_DUMPIT);
-
 			nla_nest_end(skb, nest);
 		}