diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
index 216f20b90aa5..22b18c145c92 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
@@ -2253,14 +2253,20 @@ static int masked_set_action_to_set_action_attr(const struct nlattr *a,
 						struct sk_buff *skb)
 {
 	const struct nlattr *ovs_key = nla_data(a);
+	struct nlattr *nla;
 	size_t key_len = nla_len(ovs_key) / 2;
 
 	/* Revert the conversion we did from a non-masked set action to
 	 * masked set action.
 	 */
-	if (nla_put(skb, OVS_ACTION_ATTR_SET, nla_len(a) - key_len, ovs_key))
+	nla = nla_nest_start(skb, OVS_ACTION_ATTR_SET);
+	if (!nla)
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 
+	if (nla_put(skb, nla_type(ovs_key), key_len, nla_data(ovs_key)))
+		return -EMSGSIZE;
+
+	nla_nest_end(skb, nla);
 	return 0;
 }