diff --git a/drivers/net/macvlan.c b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
index 68a43fe602e7a89ccffa54d1a5b82e2da4e5330c..d3fb97d97cbcb61f68deda7c3009a83393515656 100644
--- a/drivers/net/macvlan.c
+++ b/drivers/net/macvlan.c
@@ -822,7 +822,10 @@ static int macvlan_changelink(struct net_device *dev,
 
 static size_t macvlan_get_size(const struct net_device *dev)
 {
-	return nla_total_size(4);
+	return (0
+		+ nla_total_size(4) /* IFLA_MACVLAN_MODE */
+		+ nla_total_size(2) /* IFLA_MACVLAN_FLAGS */
+		);
 }
 
 static int macvlan_fill_info(struct sk_buff *skb,