diff --git a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
index 9ba83f0c9928..a9aeb949d9c8 100644
--- a/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
+++ b/net/ipv6/addrconf.c
@@ -5346,12 +5346,12 @@ static int inet6_valid_dump_ifaddr_req(const struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 	struct ifaddrmsg *ifm;
 	int err, i;
 
-	if (nlh->nlmsg_len < nlmsg_msg_size(sizeof(*ifm))) {
+	ifm = nlmsg_payload(nlh, sizeof(*ifm));
+	if (!ifm) {
 		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Invalid header for address dump request");
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	ifm = nlmsg_data(nlh);
 	if (ifm->ifa_prefixlen || ifm->ifa_flags || ifm->ifa_scope) {
 		NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack, "Invalid values in header for address dump request");
 		return -EINVAL;