diff --git a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
index 42bfd08109dd..8f2133ffc2ff 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/fib_frontend.c
@@ -1083,7 +1083,8 @@ static void nl_fib_input(struct sk_buff *skb)
 
 	net = sock_net(skb->sk);
 	nlh = nlmsg_hdr(skb);
-	if (skb->len < NLMSG_HDRLEN || skb->len < nlh->nlmsg_len ||
+	if (skb->len < nlmsg_total_size(sizeof(*frn)) ||
+	    skb->len < nlh->nlmsg_len ||
 	    nlmsg_len(nlh) < sizeof(*frn))
 		return;