diff --git a/net/ipv4/devinet.c b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
index a90be57c63be..5b6b11c943e4 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/devinet.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/devinet.c
@@ -2117,9 +2117,10 @@ static int inet_validate_link_af(const struct net_device *dev,
 		return err;
 
 	if (tb[IFLA_INET_CONF]) {
-		err = nla_parse_nested(nested_tb, IPV4_DEVCONF_MAX,
-				       tb[IFLA_INET_CONF], inet_devconf_policy,
-				       extack);
+		err = nla_parse(nested_tb, IPV4_DEVCONF_MAX,
+				nla_data(tb[IFLA_INET_CONF]),
+				nla_len(tb[IFLA_INET_CONF]),
+				inet_devconf_policy, extack);
 
 		if (err < 0)
 			return err;