diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index a3d7847ce69d..8ba6a4e4be26 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -2530,7 +2530,7 @@ static int do_setvfinfo(struct net_device *dev, struct nlattr **tb)
 
 		nla_for_each_nested(attr, tb[IFLA_VF_VLAN_LIST], rem) {
 			if (nla_type(attr) != IFLA_VF_VLAN_INFO ||
-			    nla_len(attr) < NLA_HDRLEN) {
+			    nla_len(attr) < sizeof(struct ifla_vf_vlan_info)) {
 				return -EINVAL;
 			}
 			if (len >= MAX_VLAN_LIST_LEN)