diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
index 13c2e17bbe27..c6619d4bcc32 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
@@ -321,7 +321,8 @@ static void nfnetlink_rcv_batch(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 		nlh = nlmsg_hdr(skb);
 		err = 0;
 
-		if (nlh->nlmsg_len < NLMSG_HDRLEN) {
+		if (nlmsg_len(nlh) < sizeof(struct nfgenmsg) ||
+		    skb->len < nlh->nlmsg_len) {
 			err = -EINVAL;
 			goto ack;
 		}