if (dev->dev.parent && dev_is_pci(dev->dev.parent) &&
            (ext_filter_mask & RTEXT_FILTER_VF)) {
                int num_vfs = dev_num_vf(dev->dev.parent);
-               size_t size = nla_total_size(sizeof(struct nlattr));
-               size += nla_total_size(num_vfs * sizeof(struct nlattr));
+               size_t size = nla_total_size(0);
                size += num_vfs *
-                       (nla_total_size(sizeof(struct ifla_vf_mac)) +
-                        nla_total_size(MAX_VLAN_LIST_LEN *
-                                       sizeof(struct nlattr)) +
+                       (nla_total_size(0) +
+                        nla_total_size(sizeof(struct ifla_vf_mac)) +
+                        nla_total_size(sizeof(struct ifla_vf_vlan)) +
+                        nla_total_size(0) + /* nest IFLA_VF_VLAN_LIST */
                         nla_total_size(MAX_VLAN_LIST_LEN *
                                        sizeof(struct ifla_vf_vlan_info)) +
                         nla_total_size(sizeof(struct ifla_vf_spoofchk)) +
+                        nla_total_size(sizeof(struct ifla_vf_tx_rate)) +
                         nla_total_size(sizeof(struct ifla_vf_rate)) +
                         nla_total_size(sizeof(struct ifla_vf_link_state)) +
                         nla_total_size(sizeof(struct ifla_vf_rss_query_en)) +
+                        nla_total_size(0) + /* nest IFLA_VF_STATS */
                         /* IFLA_VF_STATS_RX_PACKETS */
                         nla_total_size_64bit(sizeof(__u64)) +
                         /* IFLA_VF_STATS_TX_PACKETS */