diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
index b35a90955e2e..fcbe54940b2e 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
@@ -647,15 +647,11 @@ __build_packet_message(struct nfnl_log_net *log,
 
 	if (data_len) {
 		struct nlattr *nla;
-		int size = nla_attr_size(data_len);
 
-		if (skb_tailroom(inst->skb) < nla_total_size(data_len))
+		nla = nla_reserve(inst->skb, NFULA_PAYLOAD, data_len);
+		if (!nla)
 			goto nla_put_failure;
 
-		nla = skb_put(inst->skb, nla_total_size(data_len));
-		nla->nla_type = NFULA_PAYLOAD;
-		nla->nla_len = size;
-
 		if (skb_copy_bits(skb, 0, nla_data(nla), data_len))
 			BUG();
 	}