diff --git a/net/phonet/pn_netlink.c b/net/phonet/pn_netlink.c
index 871eaf2cb85e..5e50f9ea7484 100644
--- a/net/phonet/pn_netlink.c
+++ b/net/phonet/pn_netlink.c
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ void rtm_phonet_notify(int event, struct net_device *dev, u8 dst)
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	int err = -ENOBUFS;
 
-	skb = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(struct ifaddrmsg)) +
+	skb = nlmsg_new(NLMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(struct rtmsg)) +
 			nla_total_size(1) + nla_total_size(4), GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (skb == NULL)
 		goto errout;