diff --git a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
index df4692826ead..d1a73a6102f8 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/datapath.c
@@ -466,6 +466,14 @@ static int queue_userspace_packet(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *skb,
 
 	skb_zerocopy(user_skb, skb, skb->len, hlen);
 
+	/* Pad OVS_PACKET_ATTR_PACKET if linear copy was performed */
+	if (!(dp->user_features & OVS_DP_F_UNALIGNED)) {
+		size_t plen = NLA_ALIGN(user_skb->len) - user_skb->len;
+
+		if (plen > 0)
+			memset(skb_put(user_skb, plen), 0, plen);
+	}
+
 	((struct nlmsghdr *) user_skb->data)->nlmsg_len = user_skb->len;
 
 	err = genlmsg_unicast(ovs_dp_get_net(dp), user_skb, upcall_info->portid);