diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/netlink.h b/include/uapi/linux/netlink.h
index 78d5b8a546d63fb73cf45a2ab08a48ce02486dba..32a354f67ba4e8e15a59c411c90296ac8338a579 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/netlink.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/netlink.h
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ struct nlmsghdr {
 #define NLMSG_ALIGNTO	4U
 #define NLMSG_ALIGN(len) ( ((len)+NLMSG_ALIGNTO-1) & ~(NLMSG_ALIGNTO-1) )
 #define NLMSG_HDRLEN	 ((int) NLMSG_ALIGN(sizeof(struct nlmsghdr)))
-#define NLMSG_LENGTH(len) ((len)+NLMSG_ALIGN(NLMSG_HDRLEN))
+#define NLMSG_LENGTH(len) ((len) + NLMSG_HDRLEN)
 #define NLMSG_SPACE(len) NLMSG_ALIGN(NLMSG_LENGTH(len))
 #define NLMSG_DATA(nlh)  ((void*)(((char*)nlh) + NLMSG_LENGTH(0)))
 #define NLMSG_NEXT(nlh,len)	 ((len) -= NLMSG_ALIGN((nlh)->nlmsg_len), \