diff --git a/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c b/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c
index 551e0d6cf63d..74c220eeec1a 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nft_payload.c
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ nft_payload_copy_vlan(u32 *d, const struct sk_buff *skb, u8 offset, u8 len)
 			return false;
 
 		if (offset + len > VLAN_ETH_HLEN + vlan_hlen)
-			ethlen -= offset + len - VLAN_ETH_HLEN + vlan_hlen;
+			ethlen -= offset + len - VLAN_ETH_HLEN - vlan_hlen;
 
 		memcpy(dst_u8, vlanh + offset - vlan_hlen, ethlen);