diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
index 7efa40d47393..c6802c0d6ed8 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ nfulnl_log_packet(unsigned int pf,
 	/* FIXME: do we want to make the size calculation conditional based on
 	 * what is actually present?  way more branches and checks, but more
 	 * memory efficient... */
-	size =    NLMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(struct nfgenmsg))
+	size =    NLMSG_SPACE(sizeof(struct nfgenmsg))
 		+ nla_total_size(sizeof(struct nfulnl_msg_packet_hdr))
 		+ nla_total_size(sizeof(u_int32_t))	/* ifindex */
 		+ nla_total_size(sizeof(u_int32_t))	/* ifindex */