1 files changed, 3 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/tools/hv/hv_vss_daemon.c b/tools/hv/hv_vss_daemon.c
index 8611962c672c..8bcb04096eb2 100644
--- a/tools/hv/hv_vss_daemon.c
+++ b/tools/hv/hv_vss_daemon.c
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ int main(void)
         struct cn_msg   *incoming_cn_msg;
         int     op;
         struct hv_vss_msg *vss_msg;
-        char *vss_send_buffer;
         char *vss_recv_buffer;
         size_t vss_recv_buffer_len;
 
@@ -150,10 +149,9 @@ int main(void)
         openlog("Hyper-V VSS", 0, LOG_USER);
         syslog(LOG_INFO, "VSS starting; pid is:%d", getpid());
 
-        vss_recv_buffer_len = NLMSG_HDRLEN + sizeof(struct cn_msg) + sizeof(struct hv_vss_msg);
-        vss_send_buffer = calloc(1, vss_recv_buffer_len);
+        vss_recv_buffer_len = NLMSG_LENGTH(0) + sizeof(struct cn_msg) + sizeof(struct hv_vss_msg);
         vss_recv_buffer = calloc(1, vss_recv_buffer_len);
-        if (!(vss_send_buffer && vss_recv_buffer)) {
+        if (!vss_recv_buffer) {
                 syslog(LOG_ERR, "Failed to allocate netlink buffers");
                 exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
         }
@@ -185,7 +183,7 @@ int main(void)
         /*
          * Register ourselves with the kernel.
          */
-        message = (struct cn_msg *)vss_send_buffer;
+        message = (struct cn_msg *)vss_recv_buffer;
         message->id.idx = CN_VSS_IDX;
         message->id.val = CN_VSS_VAL;
         message->ack = 0;