return key->maclen;
 }
 
+/* Use tcp_ao_len_aligned() for TCP header calculations */
 static inline int tcp_ao_len(const struct tcp_ao_key *key)
 {
        return tcp_ao_maclen(key) + sizeof(struct tcp_ao_hdr);
 }
 
+static inline int tcp_ao_len_aligned(const struct tcp_ao_key *key)
+{
+       return round_up(tcp_ao_len(key), 4);
+}
+
 static inline unsigned int tcp_ao_digest_size(struct tcp_ao_key *key)
 {
        return key->digest_size;
 
                        ao_info->current_key = key;
                if (!ao_info->rnext_key)
                        ao_info->rnext_key = key;
-               tp->tcp_header_len += tcp_ao_len(key);
+               tp->tcp_header_len += tcp_ao_len_aligned(key);
 
                ao_info->lisn = htonl(tp->write_seq);
                ao_info->snd_sne = 0;
        syn_tcp_option_space -= TCPOLEN_MSS_ALIGNED;
        syn_tcp_option_space -= TCPOLEN_TSTAMP_ALIGNED;
        syn_tcp_option_space -= TCPOLEN_WSCALE_ALIGNED;
-       if (tcp_ao_len(key) > syn_tcp_option_space) {
+       if (tcp_ao_len_aligned(key) > syn_tcp_option_space) {
                err = -EMSGSIZE;
                goto err_kfree;
        }
 
 
        reply_options[0] = htonl((TCPOPT_AO << 24) | (tcp_ao_len(key) << 16) |
                                 (aoh->rnext_keyid << 8) | keyid);
-       arg->iov[0].iov_len += round_up(tcp_ao_len(key), 4);
+       arg->iov[0].iov_len += tcp_ao_len_aligned(key);
        reply->doff = arg->iov[0].iov_len / 4;
 
        if (tcp_ao_hash_hdr(AF_INET, (char *)&reply_options[1],
                                          (tcp_ao_len(key->ao_key) << 16) |
                                          (key->ao_key->sndid << 8) |
                                          key->rcv_next);
-               arg.iov[0].iov_len += round_up(tcp_ao_len(key->ao_key), 4);
+               arg.iov[0].iov_len += tcp_ao_len_aligned(key->ao_key);
                rep.th.doff = arg.iov[0].iov_len / 4;
 
                tcp_ao_hash_hdr(AF_INET, (char *)&rep.opt[offset],
 
        ao_key = treq->af_specific->ao_lookup(sk, req,
                                tcp_rsk(req)->ao_keyid, -1);
        if (ao_key)
-               newtp->tcp_header_len += tcp_ao_len(ao_key);
+               newtp->tcp_header_len += tcp_ao_len_aligned(ao_key);
  #endif
        if (skb->len >= TCP_MSS_DEFAULT + newtp->tcp_header_len)
                newicsk->icsk_ack.last_seg_size = skb->len - newtp->tcp_header_len;
 
                timestamps = READ_ONCE(sock_net(sk)->ipv4.sysctl_tcp_timestamps);
                if (tcp_key_is_ao(key)) {
                        opts->options |= OPTION_AO;
-                       remaining -= tcp_ao_len(key->ao_key);
+                       remaining -= tcp_ao_len_aligned(key->ao_key);
                }
        }
 
                        ireq->tstamp_ok &= !ireq->sack_ok;
        } else if (tcp_key_is_ao(key)) {
                opts->options |= OPTION_AO;
-               remaining -= tcp_ao_len(key->ao_key);
+               remaining -= tcp_ao_len_aligned(key->ao_key);
                ireq->tstamp_ok &= !ireq->sack_ok;
        }
 
                size += TCPOLEN_MD5SIG_ALIGNED;
        } else if (tcp_key_is_ao(key)) {
                opts->options |= OPTION_AO;
-               size += tcp_ao_len(key->ao_key);
+               size += tcp_ao_len_aligned(key->ao_key);
        }
 
        if (likely(tp->rx_opt.tstamp_ok)) {
 
        if (tcp_key_is_md5(key))
                tot_len += TCPOLEN_MD5SIG_ALIGNED;
        if (tcp_key_is_ao(key))
-               tot_len += tcp_ao_len(key->ao_key);
+               tot_len += tcp_ao_len_aligned(key->ao_key);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MPTCP
        if (rst && !tcp_key_is_md5(key)) {