diff --git a/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c b/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
index aa7bedf780e53cd6641e2a4831e00e27f867d902..9293b9f0ac232134473c22d50c9ba38b651086ab 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/ipv6_sockglue.c
@@ -832,7 +832,7 @@ static int ipv6_getsockopt_sticky(struct sock *sk, struct ipv6_txoptions *opt,
 	len = min_t(unsigned int, len, ipv6_optlen(hdr));
 	if (copy_to_user(optval, hdr, len))
 		return -EFAULT;
-	return ipv6_optlen(hdr);
+	return len;
 }
 
 static int do_ipv6_getsockopt(struct sock *sk, int level, int optname,