diff --git a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c
index b38c11810c65..3c584a6765b0 100644
--- a/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c
+++ b/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.c
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ ipt_do_table(struct sk_buff *skb,
 				goto no_match;
 		}
 
-		ADD_COUNTER(e->counters, ntohs(ip->tot_len), 1);
+		ADD_COUNTER(e->counters, skb->len, 1);
 
 		t = ipt_get_target(e);
 		IP_NF_ASSERT(t->u.kernel.target);