diff --git a/net/ipv6/ila/ila_lwt.c b/net/ipv6/ila/ila_lwt.c
index 2ae3c4fd8aab..41f18de5dcc2 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ila/ila_lwt.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ila/ila_lwt.c
@@ -120,8 +120,7 @@ static int ila_fill_encap_info(struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 static int ila_encap_nlsize(struct lwtunnel_state *lwtstate)
 {
-	/* No encapsulation overhead */
-	return 0;
+	return nla_total_size(sizeof(u64)); /* ILA_ATTR_LOCATOR */
 }
 
 static int ila_encap_cmp(struct lwtunnel_state *a, struct lwtunnel_state *b)