diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index e20f8a1d8cdbbe88cceb884ebd5de3a1f603dd4f..e89bca83e0e4bd13d85de5643cb396b165a5f966 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -5208,7 +5208,9 @@ static inline size_t inet6_ifla6_size(void)
 	     + nla_total_size(DEVCONF_MAX * 4) /* IFLA_INET6_CONF */
 	     + nla_total_size(IPSTATS_MIB_MAX * 8) /* IFLA_INET6_STATS */
 	     + nla_total_size(ICMP6_MIB_MAX * 8) /* IFLA_INET6_ICMP6STATS */
-	     + nla_total_size(sizeof(struct in6_addr)); /* IFLA_INET6_TOKEN */
+	     + nla_total_size(sizeof(struct in6_addr)) /* IFLA_INET6_TOKEN */
+	     + nla_total_size(1) /* IFLA_INET6_ADDR_GEN_MODE */
+	     + 0;
 }
 
 static inline size_t inet6_if_nlmsg_size(void)