1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/taskstats.c b/kernel/taskstats.c
index f3c3e9d43d2c..2039585ec5e1 100644
--- a/kernel/taskstats.c
+++ b/kernel/taskstats.c
@@ -77,7 +77,8 @@ static int prepare_reply(struct genl_info *info, u8 cmd, struct sk_buff **skbp,
         /*
          * If new attributes are added, please revisit this allocation
          */
-        skb = nlmsg_new(genlmsg_total_size(size), GFP_KERNEL);
+        size = nlmsg_total_size(genlmsg_total_size(size));
+        skb = nlmsg_new(size, GFP_KERNEL);
         if (!skb)
                 return -ENOMEM;