diff --git a/include/linux/inet_diag.h b/include/linux/inet_diag.h
index ac48b10c9395f992403f1377c63a3be47d90804a..0e707f0c1a3ed1e747bf11ec9477fbae95468bff 100644
--- a/include/linux/inet_diag.h
+++ b/include/linux/inet_diag.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ struct inet_diag_handler {
 					  struct inet_diag_msg *r,
 					  void *info);
 	__u16		idiag_type;
+	__u16		idiag_info_size;
 };
 
 struct inet_connection_sock;
diff --git a/net/dccp/diag.c b/net/dccp/diag.c
index 5a45f8de5d99e5e20d93bd49843ed8e2717b2ddd..2d84303ea6bf7163f230cee4ea6f4da0e417f428 100644
--- a/net/dccp/diag.c
+++ b/net/dccp/diag.c
@@ -66,6 +66,7 @@ static const struct inet_diag_handler dccp_diag_handler = {
 	.dump_one	 = dccp_diag_dump_one,
 	.idiag_get_info	 = dccp_diag_get_info,
 	.idiag_type	 = IPPROTO_DCCP,
+	.idiag_info_size = sizeof(struct tcp_info),
 };
 
 static int __init dccp_diag_init(void)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/inet_diag.c b/net/ipv4/inet_diag.c
index 4d32262c7502cc22d13a9f3bd47ca72e8ee355e8..b1f01174bf32f2bff7434275e071f3fe7cbc546f 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/inet_diag.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/inet_diag.c
@@ -200,9 +200,9 @@ int inet_sk_diag_fill(struct sock *sk, struct inet_connection_sock *icsk,
 	}
 #undef EXPIRES_IN_MS
 
-	if (ext & (1 << (INET_DIAG_INFO - 1))) {
+	if ((ext & (1 << (INET_DIAG_INFO - 1))) && handler->idiag_info_size) {
 		attr = nla_reserve(skb, INET_DIAG_INFO,
-				   sizeof(struct tcp_info));
+				   handler->idiag_info_size);
 		if (!attr)
 			goto errout;
 
diff --git a/net/ipv4/tcp_diag.c b/net/ipv4/tcp_diag.c
index 79b34a0f4a4ae519c3f66c511c989b92fca02b09..423e3881a40b211497ee5a84ddcf90227a13c5f7 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/tcp_diag.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/tcp_diag.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ static const struct inet_diag_handler tcp_diag_handler = {
 	.dump_one	 = tcp_diag_dump_one,
 	.idiag_get_info	 = tcp_diag_get_info,
 	.idiag_type	 = IPPROTO_TCP,
+	.idiag_info_size = sizeof(struct tcp_info),
 };
 
 static int __init tcp_diag_init(void)
diff --git a/net/ipv4/udp_diag.c b/net/ipv4/udp_diag.c
index b763c39ae1d734621a5f6872f9d41d442f476c92..6116604bf6e8fd64d82b5d9496197cb7e4accef7 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/udp_diag.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/udp_diag.c
@@ -170,6 +170,7 @@ static const struct inet_diag_handler udp_diag_handler = {
 	.dump_one	 = udp_diag_dump_one,
 	.idiag_get_info  = udp_diag_get_info,
 	.idiag_type	 = IPPROTO_UDP,
+	.idiag_info_size = 0,
 };
 
 static void udplite_diag_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb,
@@ -190,6 +191,7 @@ static const struct inet_diag_handler udplite_diag_handler = {
 	.dump_one	 = udplite_diag_dump_one,
 	.idiag_get_info  = udp_diag_get_info,
 	.idiag_type	 = IPPROTO_UDPLITE,
+	.idiag_info_size = 0,
 };
 
 static int __init udp_diag_init(void)