diff --git a/net/core/drop_monitor.c b/net/core/drop_monitor.c
index 2bf3cab5e557..b4d1ff2829b6 100644
--- a/net/core/drop_monitor.c
+++ b/net/core/drop_monitor.c
@@ -671,9 +671,7 @@ static int net_dm_packet_report_fill(struct sk_buff *msg, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	if (nla_put_u16(msg, NET_DM_ATTR_PROTO, be16_to_cpu(skb->protocol)))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	attr = skb_put(msg, nla_total_size(payload_len));
-	attr->nla_type = NET_DM_ATTR_PAYLOAD;
-	attr->nla_len = nla_attr_size(payload_len);
+	attr = __nla_reserve(msg, NET_DM_ATTR_PAYLOAD, payload_len);
 	if (skb_copy_bits(skb, 0, nla_data(attr), payload_len))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
@@ -831,9 +829,7 @@ static int net_dm_hw_packet_report_fill(struct sk_buff *msg,
 	if (nla_put_u16(msg, NET_DM_ATTR_PROTO, be16_to_cpu(skb->protocol)))
 		goto nla_put_failure;
 
-	attr = skb_put(msg, nla_total_size(payload_len));
-	attr->nla_type = NET_DM_ATTR_PAYLOAD;
-	attr->nla_len = nla_attr_size(payload_len);
+	attr = __nla_reserve(msg, NET_DM_ATTR_PAYLOAD, payload_len);
 	if (skb_copy_bits(skb, 0, nla_data(attr), payload_len))
 		goto nla_put_failure;