{
        size_t port_size = nla_total_size(4)            /* PORT_VF */
                + nla_total_size(PORT_PROFILE_MAX)      /* PORT_PROFILE */
-               + nla_total_size(sizeof(struct ifla_port_vsi))
-                                                       /* PORT_VSI_TYPE */
                + nla_total_size(PORT_UUID_MAX)         /* PORT_INSTANCE_UUID */
                + nla_total_size(PORT_UUID_MAX)         /* PORT_HOST_UUID */
                + nla_total_size(1)                     /* PROT_VDP_REQUEST */
        [IFLA_PORT_VF]          = { .type = NLA_U32 },
        [IFLA_PORT_PROFILE]     = { .type = NLA_STRING,
                                    .len = PORT_PROFILE_MAX },
-       [IFLA_PORT_VSI_TYPE]    = { .type = NLA_BINARY,
-                                   .len = sizeof(struct ifla_port_vsi)},
        [IFLA_PORT_INSTANCE_UUID] = { .type = NLA_BINARY,
                                      .len = PORT_UUID_MAX },
        [IFLA_PORT_HOST_UUID]   = { .type = NLA_STRING,
                                    .len = PORT_UUID_MAX },
        [IFLA_PORT_REQUEST]     = { .type = NLA_U8, },
        [IFLA_PORT_RESPONSE]    = { .type = NLA_U16, },
+
+       /* Unused, but we need to keep it here since user space could
+        * fill it. It's also broken with regard to NLA_BINARY use in
+        * combination with structs.
+        */
+       [IFLA_PORT_VSI_TYPE]    = { .type = NLA_BINARY,
+                                   .len = sizeof(struct ifla_port_vsi) },
 };
 
 static const struct nla_policy ifla_xdp_policy[IFLA_XDP_MAX + 1] = {