diff --git a/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/BpfCoordinator.java b/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/BpfCoordinator.java
index 51c7c9c..72f83fa 100644
--- a/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/BpfCoordinator.java
+++ b/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/BpfCoordinator.java
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@
 import com.android.net.module.util.ip.ConntrackMonitor.ConntrackEventConsumer;
 import com.android.net.module.util.netlink.ConntrackMessage;
 import com.android.net.module.util.netlink.NetlinkConstants;
-import com.android.net.module.util.netlink.NetlinkSocket;
+import com.android.net.module.util.netlink.NetlinkUtils;
 import com.android.networkstack.tethering.apishim.common.BpfCoordinatorShim;
 import com.android.networkstack.tethering.util.TetheringUtils.ForwardedStats;
 
@@ -2075,7 +2075,7 @@
         final byte[] msg = ConntrackMessage.newIPv4TimeoutUpdateRequest(
                 proto, src4, (int) srcPort, dst4, (int) dstPort, timeoutSec);
         try {
-            NetlinkSocket.sendOneShotKernelMessage(OsConstants.NETLINK_NETFILTER, msg);
+            NetlinkUtils.sendOneShotKernelMessage(OsConstants.NETLINK_NETFILTER, msg);
         } catch (ErrnoException e) {
             // Lower the log level for the entry not existing. The conntrack entry may have been
             // deleted and not handled by the conntrack event monitor yet. In other words, the
diff --git a/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/OffloadController.java b/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/OffloadController.java
index 94684af..d2f177d 100644
--- a/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/OffloadController.java
+++ b/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/OffloadController.java
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 import com.android.net.module.util.SharedLog;
 import com.android.net.module.util.netlink.ConntrackMessage;
 import com.android.net.module.util.netlink.NetlinkConstants;
-import com.android.net.module.util.netlink.NetlinkSocket;
+import com.android.net.module.util.netlink.NetlinkUtils;
 import com.android.networkstack.tethering.OffloadHardwareInterface.ForwardedStats;
 
 import java.net.Inet4Address;
@@ -825,7 +825,7 @@
                 proto, src, srcPort, dst, dstPort, timeoutSec);
 
         try {
-            NetlinkSocket.sendOneShotKernelMessage(OsConstants.NETLINK_NETFILTER, msg);
+            NetlinkUtils.sendOneShotKernelMessage(OsConstants.NETLINK_NETFILTER, msg);
         } catch (ErrnoException e) {
             mNatUpdateNetlinkErrors++;
             mLog.e("Error updating NAT conntrack entry >" + natDescription + "<: " + e
diff --git a/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/OffloadHardwareInterface.java b/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/OffloadHardwareInterface.java
index 846abcb..76ddfe5 100644
--- a/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/OffloadHardwareInterface.java
+++ b/Tethering/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/OffloadHardwareInterface.java
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
 
 import com.android.internal.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.android.net.module.util.SharedLog;
-import com.android.net.module.util.netlink.NetlinkSocket;
+import com.android.net.module.util.netlink.NetlinkUtils;
 import com.android.net.module.util.netlink.StructNfGenMsg;
 import com.android.net.module.util.netlink.StructNlMsgHdr;
 
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@
         public NativeHandle createConntrackSocket(final int groups) {
             final FileDescriptor fd;
             try {
-                fd = NetlinkSocket.forProto(OsConstants.NETLINK_NETFILTER);
+                fd = NetlinkUtils.netlinkSocketForProto(OsConstants.NETLINK_NETFILTER);
             } catch (ErrnoException e) {
                 mLog.e("Unable to create conntrack socket " + e);
                 return null;
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@
         nfh.pack(byteBuffer);
 
         try {
-            NetlinkSocket.sendMessage(handle.getFileDescriptor(), msg, 0 /* offset */, length,
+            NetlinkUtils.sendMessage(handle.getFileDescriptor(), msg, 0 /* offset */, length,
                                       NETLINK_MESSAGE_TIMEOUT_MS);
         } catch (ErrnoException | InterruptedIOException e) {
             mLog.e("Unable to send netfilter message, error: " + e);
diff --git a/Tethering/tests/privileged/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/ConntrackSocketTest.java b/Tethering/tests/privileged/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/ConntrackSocketTest.java
index 23fb60c..706df4e 100644
--- a/Tethering/tests/privileged/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/ConntrackSocketTest.java
+++ b/Tethering/tests/privileged/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/ConntrackSocketTest.java
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import static android.system.OsConstants.IPPROTO_TCP;
 import static android.system.OsConstants.NETLINK_NETFILTER;
 
-import static com.android.net.module.util.netlink.NetlinkSocket.DEFAULT_RECV_BUFSIZE;
+import static com.android.net.module.util.netlink.NetlinkUtils.DEFAULT_RECV_BUFSIZE;
 import static com.android.networkstack.tethering.OffloadHardwareInterface.IPCTNL_MSG_CT_NEW;
 import static com.android.networkstack.tethering.OffloadHardwareInterface.NFNL_SUBSYS_CTNETLINK;
 import static com.android.networkstack.tethering.OffloadHardwareInterface.NF_NETLINK_CONNTRACK_DESTROY;
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 import com.android.net.module.util.SharedLog;
 import com.android.net.module.util.netlink.ConntrackMessage;
 import com.android.net.module.util.netlink.NetlinkMessage;
-import com.android.net.module.util.netlink.NetlinkSocket;
+import com.android.net.module.util.netlink.NetlinkUtils;
 import com.android.net.module.util.netlink.StructNlMsgHdr;
 
 import org.junit.Before;
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 
         // Loop until the socket is found (and return) or recvMessage throws an exception.
         while (true) {
-            final ByteBuffer buffer = NetlinkSocket.recvMessage(fd, DEFAULT_RECV_BUFSIZE, TIMEOUT);
+            final ByteBuffer buffer = NetlinkUtils.recvMessage(fd, DEFAULT_RECV_BUFSIZE, TIMEOUT);
 
             // Parse all the netlink messages in the dump.
             // NetlinkMessage#parse returns null if the message is truncated or invalid.
diff --git a/Tethering/tests/unit/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/BpfCoordinatorTest.java b/Tethering/tests/unit/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/BpfCoordinatorTest.java
index 53984a8..e5fe3f8 100644
--- a/Tethering/tests/unit/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/BpfCoordinatorTest.java
+++ b/Tethering/tests/unit/src/com/android/networkstack/tethering/BpfCoordinatorTest.java
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@
 import com.android.net.module.util.ip.ConntrackMonitor.ConntrackEventConsumer;
 import com.android.net.module.util.netlink.ConntrackMessage;
 import com.android.net.module.util.netlink.NetlinkConstants;
-import com.android.net.module.util.netlink.NetlinkSocket;
+import com.android.net.module.util.netlink.NetlinkUtils;
 import com.android.networkstack.tethering.BpfCoordinator.BpfConntrackEventConsumer;
 import com.android.networkstack.tethering.BpfCoordinator.ClientInfo;
 import com.android.networkstack.tethering.BpfCoordinator.Ipv6ForwardingRule;
@@ -1697,9 +1697,9 @@
         final long validTime = (CONNTRACK_TIMEOUT_UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS - 1) * 1_000_000L;
         final long expiredTime = (CONNTRACK_TIMEOUT_UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS + 1) * 1_000_000L;
 
-        // Static mocking for NetlinkSocket.
+        // Static mocking for NetlinkUtils.
         MockitoSession mockSession = ExtendedMockito.mockitoSession()
-                .mockStatic(NetlinkSocket.class)
+                .mockStatic(NetlinkUtils.class)
                 .startMocking();
         try {
             final BpfCoordinator coordinator = makeBpfCoordinator();
@@ -1711,8 +1711,8 @@
             setElapsedRealtimeNanos(expiredTime);
             mTestLooper.moveTimeForward(CONNTRACK_TIMEOUT_UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS);
             waitForIdle();
-            ExtendedMockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions(staticMockMarker(NetlinkSocket.class));
-            ExtendedMockito.clearInvocations(staticMockMarker(NetlinkSocket.class));
+            ExtendedMockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions(staticMockMarker(NetlinkUtils.class));
+            ExtendedMockito.clearInvocations(staticMockMarker(NetlinkUtils.class));
 
             // [2] Refresh conntrack timeout.
             setElapsedRealtimeNanos(validTime);
@@ -1724,19 +1724,19 @@
             final byte[] expectedNetlinkUdp = ConntrackMessage.newIPv4TimeoutUpdateRequest(
                     IPPROTO_UDP, PRIVATE_ADDR, (int) PRIVATE_PORT, REMOTE_ADDR,
                     (int) REMOTE_PORT, NF_CONNTRACK_UDP_TIMEOUT_STREAM);
-            ExtendedMockito.verify(() -> NetlinkSocket.sendOneShotKernelMessage(
+            ExtendedMockito.verify(() -> NetlinkUtils.sendOneShotKernelMessage(
                     eq(NETLINK_NETFILTER), eq(expectedNetlinkTcp)));
-            ExtendedMockito.verify(() -> NetlinkSocket.sendOneShotKernelMessage(
+            ExtendedMockito.verify(() -> NetlinkUtils.sendOneShotKernelMessage(
                     eq(NETLINK_NETFILTER), eq(expectedNetlinkUdp)));
-            ExtendedMockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions(staticMockMarker(NetlinkSocket.class));
-            ExtendedMockito.clearInvocations(staticMockMarker(NetlinkSocket.class));
+            ExtendedMockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions(staticMockMarker(NetlinkUtils.class));
+            ExtendedMockito.clearInvocations(staticMockMarker(NetlinkUtils.class));
 
             // [3] Don't refresh conntrack timeout if polling stopped.
             coordinator.stopPolling();
             mTestLooper.moveTimeForward(CONNTRACK_TIMEOUT_UPDATE_INTERVAL_MS);
             waitForIdle();
-            ExtendedMockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions(staticMockMarker(NetlinkSocket.class));
-            ExtendedMockito.clearInvocations(staticMockMarker(NetlinkSocket.class));
+            ExtendedMockito.verifyNoMoreInteractions(staticMockMarker(NetlinkUtils.class));
+            ExtendedMockito.clearInvocations(staticMockMarker(NetlinkUtils.class));
         } finally {
             mockSession.finishMocking();
         }