diff --git a/net/ipv6/seg6.c b/net/ipv6/seg6.c
index 62a7eb779202..8c2b156c227a 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/seg6.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/seg6.c
@@ -138,8 +138,8 @@ void seg6_icmp_srh(struct sk_buff *skb, struct inet6_skb_parm *opt)
 static struct genl_family seg6_genl_family;
 
 static const struct nla_policy seg6_genl_policy[SEG6_ATTR_MAX + 1] = {
-	[SEG6_ATTR_DST]				= { .type = NLA_BINARY,
-		.len = sizeof(struct in6_addr) },
+	[SEG6_ATTR_DST]				=
+		NLA_POLICY_EXACT_LEN(sizeof(struct in6_addr)),
 	[SEG6_ATTR_DSTLEN]			= { .type = NLA_S32, },
 	[SEG6_ATTR_HMACKEYID]		= { .type = NLA_U32, },
 	[SEG6_ATTR_SECRET]			= { .type = NLA_BINARY, },