diff --git a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
index 62e92af2384a..857ae89633af 100644
--- a/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
+++ b/net/netfilter/nfnetlink.c
@@ -328,10 +328,12 @@ static void nfnetlink_rcv_batch(struct sk_buff *skb, struct nlmsghdr *nlh,
 		nlh = nlmsg_hdr(skb);
 		err = 0;
 
-		if (nlmsg_len(nlh) < sizeof(struct nfgenmsg) ||
-		    skb->len < nlh->nlmsg_len) {
-			err = -EINVAL;
-			goto ack;
+		if (nlh->nlmsg_len < NLMSG_HDRLEN ||
+		    skb->len < nlh->nlmsg_len ||
+		    nlmsg_len(nlh) < sizeof(struct nfgenmsg)) {
+			nfnl_err_reset(&err_list);
+			status |= NFNL_BATCH_FAILURE;
+			goto done;
 		}
 
 		/* Only requests are handled by the kernel */