struct rtmsg *rtm;
        int i, err;
 
-       if (nlh->nlmsg_len < nlmsg_msg_size(sizeof(*rtm))) {
+       rtm = nlmsg_payload(nlh, sizeof(*rtm));
+       if (!rtm) {
                NL_SET_ERR_MSG_MOD(extack,
                                   "Invalid header for get route request");
                return -EINVAL;
                return nlmsg_parse_deprecated(nlh, sizeof(*rtm), tb, RTA_MAX,
                                              rtm_ipv6_policy, extack);
 
-       rtm = nlmsg_data(nlh);
        if ((rtm->rtm_src_len && rtm->rtm_src_len != 128) ||
            (rtm->rtm_dst_len && rtm->rtm_dst_len != 128) ||
            rtm->rtm_table || rtm->rtm_protocol || rtm->rtm_scope ||