diff --git a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c
index 9697977b80f040c3fde59037e2caabe0cdfaa79f..6b9ad86732188c19c87f26a6639d63f95893f139 100644
--- a/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c
+++ b/drivers/net/bonding/bond_netlink.c
@@ -638,8 +638,7 @@ static int bond_fill_info(struct sk_buff *skb,
 				goto nla_put_failure;
 
 			if (nla_put(skb, IFLA_BOND_AD_ACTOR_SYSTEM,
-				    sizeof(bond->params.ad_actor_system),
-				    &bond->params.ad_actor_system))
+				    ETH_ALEN, &bond->params.ad_actor_system))
 				goto nla_put_failure;
 		}
 		if (!bond_3ad_get_active_agg_info(bond, &info)) {