session->lns_mode = cfg->lns_mode;
                        session->reorder_timeout = cfg->reorder_timeout;
                        session->l2specific_type = cfg->l2specific_type;
-                       session->l2specific_len = cfg->l2specific_len;
                        session->cookie_len = cfg->cookie_len;
                        memcpy(&session->cookie[0], &cfg->cookie[0], cfg->cookie_len);
                        session->peer_cookie_len = cfg->peer_cookie_len;
 
        int                     debug;          /* bitmask of debug message
                                                 * categories */
        u16                     vlan_id;        /* VLAN pseudowire only */
-       u16                     l2specific_len; /* Layer 2 specific length */
        u16                     l2specific_type; /* Layer 2 specific type */
        u8                      cookie[8];      /* optional cookie */
        int                     cookie_len;     /* 0, 4 or 8 bytes */
        int                     cookie_len;
        u8                      peer_cookie[8];
        int                     peer_cookie_len;
-       u16                     l2specific_len;
        u16                     l2specific_type;
        u16                     hdr_len;
        u32                     nr;             /* session NR state (receive) */
 
                   session->debug,
                   jiffies_to_msecs(session->reorder_timeout));
        seq_printf(m, "   offset 0 l2specific %hu/%hu\n",
-                  session->l2specific_type, session->l2specific_len);
+                  session->l2specific_type, l2tp_get_l2specific_len(session));
        if (session->cookie_len) {
                seq_printf(m, "   cookie %02x%02x%02x%02x",
                           session->cookie[0], session->cookie[1],
 
                        cfg.l2specific_type = L2TP_L2SPECTYPE_DEFAULT;
                }
 
-               cfg.l2specific_len = 4;
-               if (info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_L2SPEC_LEN])
-                       cfg.l2specific_len = nla_get_u8(info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_L2SPEC_LEN]);
-
                if (info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_COOKIE]) {
                        u16 len = nla_len(info->attrs[L2TP_ATTR_COOKIE]);
                        if (len > 8) {