diff --git a/Documentation/connector/ucon.c b/Documentation/connector/ucon.c
index 4848db8c71ff5118244888b620251f49831c92f2..8a4da64e02a8b08f3ad7ed6359ef713d7afd3b54 100644
--- a/Documentation/connector/ucon.c
+++ b/Documentation/connector/ucon.c
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ static int netlink_send(int s, struct cn_msg *msg)
 	nlh->nlmsg_seq = seq++;
 	nlh->nlmsg_pid = getpid();
 	nlh->nlmsg_type = NLMSG_DONE;
-	nlh->nlmsg_len = NLMSG_LENGTH(size - sizeof(*nlh));
+	nlh->nlmsg_len = size;
 	nlh->nlmsg_flags = 0;
 
 	m = NLMSG_DATA(nlh);