diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
index 169ab59ed9d4..592091c1260b 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_log.c
@@ -480,7 +480,7 @@ __build_packet_message(struct nfulnl_instance *inst,
 	}
 
 	if (indev && skb_mac_header_was_set(skb)) {
-		if (nla_put_be32(inst->skb, NFULA_HWTYPE, htons(skb->dev->type)) ||
+		if (nla_put_be16(inst->skb, NFULA_HWTYPE, htons(skb->dev->type)) ||
 		    nla_put_be16(inst->skb, NFULA_HWLEN,
 				 htons(skb->dev->hard_header_len)) ||
 		    nla_put(inst->skb, NFULA_HWHEADER, skb->dev->hard_header_len,