diff --git a/include/linux/netlink.h b/include/linux/netlink.h
index 9ff1b54908f3a2260a01bea28b81ab811713fdd5..51b09a1f46c3bde1da65df6d096cbaa4b409c541 100644
--- a/include/linux/netlink.h
+++ b/include/linux/netlink.h
@@ -242,7 +242,8 @@ __nlmsg_put(struct sk_buff *skb, u32 pid, u32 seq, int type, int len, int flags)
 	nlh->nlmsg_flags = flags;
 	nlh->nlmsg_pid = pid;
 	nlh->nlmsg_seq = seq;
-	memset(NLMSG_DATA(nlh) + len, 0, NLMSG_ALIGN(size) - size);
+	if (!__builtin_constant_p(size) || NLMSG_ALIGN(size) - size != 0)
+		memset(NLMSG_DATA(nlh) + len, 0, NLMSG_ALIGN(size) - size);
 	return nlh;
 }