diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c
index 0043d3a9f87e..c0cc3d3618a3 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_queue.c
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ nfqnl_build_packet_message(struct nfqnl_instance *queue,
 	struct net_device *indev;
 	struct net_device *outdev;
 
-	size =    NLMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(struct nfgenmsg))
+	size =    NLMSG_SPACE(sizeof(struct nfgenmsg))
 		+ nla_total_size(sizeof(struct nfqnl_msg_packet_hdr))
 		+ nla_total_size(sizeof(u_int32_t))	/* ifindex */
 		+ nla_total_size(sizeof(u_int32_t))	/* ifindex */