diff --git a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_vnifilter.c b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_vnifilter.c
index 3e76f4e21094..dd94085e0886 100644
--- a/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_vnifilter.c
+++ b/drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_vnifilter.c
@@ -462,10 +462,8 @@ static int vxlan_vnifilter_dump(struct sk_buff *skb, struct netlink_callback *cb
 static const struct nla_policy vni_filter_entry_policy[VXLAN_VNIFILTER_ENTRY_MAX + 1] = {
 	[VXLAN_VNIFILTER_ENTRY_START] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
 	[VXLAN_VNIFILTER_ENTRY_END] = { .type = NLA_U32 },
-	[VXLAN_VNIFILTER_ENTRY_GROUP]	= { .type = NLA_BINARY,
-					    .len = sizeof_field(struct iphdr, daddr) },
-	[VXLAN_VNIFILTER_ENTRY_GROUP6]	= { .type = NLA_BINARY,
-					    .len = sizeof(struct in6_addr) },
+	[VXLAN_VNIFILTER_ENTRY_GROUP]	= NLA_POLICY_EXACT_LEN(sizeof_field(struct iphdr, daddr)),
+	[VXLAN_VNIFILTER_ENTRY_GROUP6]	= NLA_POLICY_EXACT_LEN(sizeof(struct in6_addr)),
 };
 
 static const struct nla_policy vni_filter_policy[VXLAN_VNIFILTER_MAX + 1] = {