diff --git a/kernel/audit.c b/kernel/audit.c
index 3ce60e063aae..3ad14e6e00bd 100644
--- a/kernel/audit.c
+++ b/kernel/audit.c
@@ -771,7 +771,7 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 				 &status_set, sizeof(status_set));
 		break;
 	case AUDIT_SET:
-		if (nlh->nlmsg_len < sizeof(struct audit_status))
+		if (nlmsg_len(nlh) < sizeof(struct audit_status))
 			return -EINVAL;
 		status_get   = (struct audit_status *)data;
 		if (status_get->mask & AUDIT_STATUS_ENABLED) {
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ static int audit_receive_msg(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh)
 
 		memset(&s, 0, sizeof(s));
 		/* guard against past and future API changes */
-		memcpy(&s, data, min(sizeof(s), (size_t)nlh->nlmsg_len));
+		memcpy(&s, data, min_t(size_t, sizeof(s), nlmsg_len(nlh)));
 		if ((s.enabled != 0 && s.enabled != 1) ||
 		    (s.log_passwd != 0 && s.log_passwd != 1))
 			return -EINVAL;