diff --git a/lib/nlattr.c b/lib/nlattr.c
index 5021cbc34411..ac09f2226dc7 100644
--- a/lib/nlattr.c
+++ b/lib/nlattr.c
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ nla_policy_len(const struct nla_policy *p, int n)
 {
 	int i, len = 0;
 
-	for (i = 0; i < n; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < n; i++, p++) {
 		if (p->len)
 			len += nla_total_size(p->len);
 		else if (nla_attr_minlen[p->type])