}
        return 0;
 }
+static inline size_t userpolicy_type_attrsize(void)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_XFRM_SUB_POLICY
+       return nla_total_size(sizeof(struct xfrm_userpolicy_type));
+#else
+       return 0;
+#endif
+}
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_XFRM_SUB_POLICY
 static int copy_to_user_policy_type(u8 type, struct sk_buff *skb)
 
        len = RTA_SPACE(sizeof(struct xfrm_user_migrate) * num_migrate);
        len += NLMSG_SPACE(sizeof(struct xfrm_userpolicy_id));
-#ifdef CONFIG_XFRM_SUB_POLICY
-       len += RTA_SPACE(sizeof(struct xfrm_userpolicy_type));
-#endif
+       len += userpolicy_type_attrsize();
        skb = alloc_skb(len, GFP_ATOMIC);
        if (skb == NULL)
                return -ENOMEM;
        len = RTA_SPACE(sizeof(struct xfrm_user_tmpl) * xp->xfrm_nr);
        len += NLMSG_SPACE(sizeof(struct xfrm_user_acquire));
        len += RTA_SPACE(xfrm_user_sec_ctx_size(x->security));
-#ifdef CONFIG_XFRM_SUB_POLICY
-       len += RTA_SPACE(sizeof(struct xfrm_userpolicy_type));
-#endif
+       len += userpolicy_type_attrsize();
        skb = alloc_skb(len, GFP_ATOMIC);
        if (skb == NULL)
                return -ENOMEM;
        len = RTA_SPACE(sizeof(struct xfrm_user_tmpl) * xp->xfrm_nr);
        len += NLMSG_SPACE(sizeof(struct xfrm_user_polexpire));
        len += RTA_SPACE(xfrm_user_sec_ctx_size(xp->security));
-#ifdef CONFIG_XFRM_SUB_POLICY
-       len += RTA_SPACE(sizeof(struct xfrm_userpolicy_type));
-#endif
+       len += userpolicy_type_attrsize();
        skb = alloc_skb(len, GFP_ATOMIC);
        if (skb == NULL)
                return -ENOMEM;
                len += RTA_SPACE(headlen);
                headlen = sizeof(*id);
        }
-#ifdef CONFIG_XFRM_SUB_POLICY
-       len += RTA_SPACE(sizeof(struct xfrm_userpolicy_type));
-#endif
+       len += userpolicy_type_attrsize();
        len += NLMSG_SPACE(headlen);
 
        skb = alloc_skb(len, GFP_ATOMIC);
        struct nlmsghdr *nlh;
        struct sk_buff *skb;
        int len = 0;
-#ifdef CONFIG_XFRM_SUB_POLICY
-       len += RTA_SPACE(sizeof(struct xfrm_userpolicy_type));
-#endif
+       len += userpolicy_type_attrsize();
        len += NLMSG_LENGTH(0);
 
        skb = alloc_skb(len, GFP_ATOMIC);