diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
index b8ab37ad7ed5..9dbd5709aad7 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ static int nfnetlink_rcv_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 		return -EPERM;
 
 	/* All the messages must at least contain nfgenmsg */
-	if (nlh->nlmsg_len < NLMSG_SPACE(sizeof(struct nfgenmsg)))
+	if (nlh->nlmsg_len < NLMSG_LENGTH(sizeof(struct nfgenmsg)))
 		return 0;
 
 	type = nlh->nlmsg_type;
@@ -160,19 +160,14 @@ replay:
 	{
 		int min_len = NLMSG_SPACE(sizeof(struct nfgenmsg));
 		u_int8_t cb_id = NFNL_MSG_TYPE(nlh->nlmsg_type);
-		u_int16_t attr_count = ss->cb[cb_id].attr_count;
-		struct nlattr *cda[attr_count+1];
+		struct nlattr *cda[ss->cb[cb_id].attr_count + 1];
+		struct nlattr *attr = (void *)nlh + min_len;
+		int attrlen = nlh->nlmsg_len - min_len;
 
-		if (likely(nlh->nlmsg_len >= min_len)) {
-			struct nlattr *attr = (void *)nlh + NLMSG_ALIGN(min_len);
-			int attrlen = nlh->nlmsg_len - NLMSG_ALIGN(min_len);
-
-			err = nla_parse(cda, attr_count, attr, attrlen,
-					ss->cb[cb_id].policy);
-			if (err < 0)
-				return err;
-		} else
-			return -EINVAL;
+		err = nla_parse(cda, ss->cb[cb_id].attr_count,
+				attr, attrlen, ss->cb[cb_id].policy);
+		if (err < 0)
+			return err;
 
 		err = nc->call(nfnl, skb, nlh, cda);
 		if (err == -EAGAIN)