diff --git a/net/8021q/vlan_netlink.c b/net/8021q/vlan_netlink.c
index 309129732285..c7e634af8516 100644
--- a/net/8021q/vlan_netlink.c
+++ b/net/8021q/vlan_netlink.c
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ static size_t vlan_get_size(const struct net_device *dev)
 
 	return nla_total_size(2) +	/* IFLA_VLAN_PROTOCOL */
 	       nla_total_size(2) +	/* IFLA_VLAN_ID */
-	       sizeof(struct ifla_vlan_flags) + /* IFLA_VLAN_FLAGS */
+	       nla_total_size(sizeof(struct ifla_vlan_flags)) + /* IFLA_VLAN_FLAGS */
 	       vlan_qos_map_size(vlan->nr_ingress_mappings) +
 	       vlan_qos_map_size(vlan->nr_egress_mappings);
 }