diff --git a/net/wireless/nl80211.c b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
index b3a476fe82725f738f5215b32cdf2296970451d2..ffafda5022c2b72d8f45714458e5fdd16203c4ee 100644
--- a/net/wireless/nl80211.c
+++ b/net/wireless/nl80211.c
@@ -89,8 +89,8 @@ static const struct nla_policy nl80211_policy[NL80211_ATTR_MAX+1] = {
 	[NL80211_ATTR_IFINDEX] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[NL80211_ATTR_IFNAME] = { .type = NLA_NUL_STRING, .len = IFNAMSIZ-1 },
 
-	[NL80211_ATTR_MAC] = { .type = NLA_BINARY, .len = ETH_ALEN },
-	[NL80211_ATTR_PREV_BSSID] = { .type = NLA_BINARY, .len = ETH_ALEN },
+	[NL80211_ATTR_MAC] = { .len = ETH_ALEN },
+	[NL80211_ATTR_PREV_BSSID] = { .len = ETH_ALEN },
 
 	[NL80211_ATTR_KEY] = { .type = NLA_NESTED, },
 	[NL80211_ATTR_KEY_DATA] = { .type = NLA_BINARY,