diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cthelper.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cthelper.c
index a5f294aa8e4c..5b0d0a77379c 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cthelper.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink_cthelper.c
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ nfnl_cthelper_from_nlattr(struct nlattr *attr, struct nf_conn *ct)
 	if (help->helper->data_len == 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	nla_memcpy(help->data, nla_data(attr), sizeof(help->data));
+	nla_memcpy(help->data, attr, sizeof(help->data));
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ nfnl_cthelper_create(const struct nlattr * const tb[],
 		ret = -ENOMEM;
 		goto err2;
 	}
+	helper->data_len = size;
 
 	helper->flags |= NF_CT_HELPER_F_USERSPACE;
 	memcpy(&helper->tuple, tuple, sizeof(struct nf_conntrack_tuple));