diff --git a/net/core/rtnetlink.c b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
index 0ab558501290..49766446797c 100644
--- a/net/core/rtnetlink.c
+++ b/net/core/rtnetlink.c
@@ -3911,7 +3911,7 @@ static int nlmsg_populate_fdb_fill(struct sk_buff *skb,
 	ndm->ndm_ifindex = dev->ifindex;
 	ndm->ndm_state   = ndm_state;
 
-	if (nla_put(skb, NDA_LLADDR, ETH_ALEN, addr))
+	if (nla_put(skb, NDA_LLADDR, dev->addr_len, addr))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 	if (vid)
 		if (nla_put(skb, NDA_VLAN, sizeof(u16), &vid))
@@ -3925,10 +3925,10 @@ nla_put_failure:
 	return -EMSGSIZE;
 }
 
-static inline size_t rtnl_fdb_nlmsg_size(void)
+static inline size_t rtnl_fdb_nlmsg_size(const struct net_device *dev)
 {
 	return NLMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(struct ndmsg)) +
-	       nla_total_size(ETH_ALEN) +	/* NDA_LLADDR */
+	       nla_total_size(dev->addr_len) +	/* NDA_LLADDR */
 	       nla_total_size(sizeof(u16)) +	/* NDA_VLAN */
 	       0;
 }
@@ -3940,7 +3940,7 @@ static void rtnl_fdb_notify(struct net_device *dev, u8 *addr, u16 vid, int type,
 	struct sk_buff *skb;
 	int err = -ENOBUFS;
 
-	skb = nlmsg_new(rtnl_fdb_nlmsg_size(), GFP_ATOMIC);
+	skb = nlmsg_new(rtnl_fdb_nlmsg_size(dev), GFP_ATOMIC);
 	if (!skb)
 		goto errout;