diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
index 691da853bef5..4bdf5e3ac208 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
@@ -2306,14 +2306,14 @@ static struct nlattr *reserve_sfa_size(struct sw_flow_actions **sfa,
 
 	struct sw_flow_actions *acts;
 	int new_acts_size;
-	int req_size = NLA_ALIGN(attr_len);
+	size_t req_size = NLA_ALIGN(attr_len);
 	int next_offset = offsetof(struct sw_flow_actions, actions) +
 					(*sfa)->actions_len;
 
 	if (req_size <= (ksize(*sfa) - next_offset))
 		goto out;
 
-	new_acts_size = ksize(*sfa) * 2;
+	new_acts_size = max(next_offset + req_size, ksize(*sfa) * 2);
 
 	if (new_acts_size > MAX_ACTIONS_BUFSIZE) {
 		if ((MAX_ACTIONS_BUFSIZE - next_offset) < req_size) {