diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index ab0acb726146c2b5389c9e901fc22949a9499fec..ba6513bd79eb0f8fad453cd505f1b1977962e146 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -2359,7 +2359,7 @@ 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)