diff --git a/net/sched/act_api.c b/net/sched/act_api.c
index 336774a535c3959f4f25b05d1732c014d0d1763c..c7a0b0d481c08ab7533d273e57c1897c2760d1d0 100644
--- a/net/sched/act_api.c
+++ b/net/sched/act_api.c
@@ -1118,7 +1118,7 @@ tc_dump_action(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb)
 		nla_nest_end(skb, nest);
 		ret = skb->len;
 	} else
-		nla_nest_cancel(skb, nest);
+		nlmsg_trim(skb, b);
 
 	nlh->nlmsg_len = skb_tail_pointer(skb) - b;
 	if (NETLINK_CB(cb->skb).portid && ret)