diff --git a/tools/accounting/getdelays.c b/tools/accounting/getdelays.c
index 8cb504d30384..5ef1c15e88ad 100644
--- a/tools/accounting/getdelays.c
+++ b/tools/accounting/getdelays.c
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ static int send_cmd(int sd, __u16 nlmsg_type, __u32 nlmsg_pid,
 	msg.g.version = 0x1;
 	na = (struct nlattr *) GENLMSG_DATA(&msg);
 	na->nla_type = nla_type;
-	na->nla_len = nla_len + 1 + NLA_HDRLEN;
+	na->nla_len = nla_len + NLA_HDRLEN;
 	memcpy(NLA_DATA(na), nla_data, nla_len);
 	msg.n.nlmsg_len += NLMSG_ALIGN(na->nla_len);