diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h b/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h
index cc885c4e9065a932a561cfff20beb48fb7944a1d..a94e0b69c7696fceed97484d119eae5ac7f965e9 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/rtnetlink.h
@@ -317,6 +317,7 @@ enum rtattr_type_t {
 	RTA_ENCAP_TYPE,
 	RTA_ENCAP,
 	RTA_EXPIRES,
+	RTA_PAD,
 	__RTA_MAX
 };
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
index 395e2814a46d9995b63b6bc703e28433ecc26c2b..21a38e296fe2da2c4a095c94ab204362d9eacc89 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/ipmr.c
@@ -2104,7 +2104,7 @@ static int __ipmr_fill_mroute(struct mr_table *mrt, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	mfcs.mfcs_packets = c->mfc_un.res.pkt;
 	mfcs.mfcs_bytes = c->mfc_un.res.bytes;
 	mfcs.mfcs_wrong_if = c->mfc_un.res.wrong_if;
-	if (nla_put(skb, RTA_MFC_STATS, sizeof(mfcs), &mfcs) < 0)
+	if (nla_put_64bit(skb, RTA_MFC_STATS, sizeof(mfcs), &mfcs, RTA_PAD) < 0)
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 
 	rtm->rtm_type = RTN_MULTICAST;
@@ -2237,7 +2237,7 @@ static size_t mroute_msgsize(bool unresolved, int maxvif)
 		      + nla_total_size(0)	/* RTA_MULTIPATH */
 		      + maxvif * NLA_ALIGN(sizeof(struct rtnexthop))
 						/* RTA_MFC_STATS */
-		      + nla_total_size(sizeof(struct rta_mfc_stats))
+		      + nla_total_size_64bit(sizeof(struct rta_mfc_stats))
 		;
 
 	return len;