diff --git a/net/openvswitch/actions.c b/net/openvswitch/actions.c
index 7056cb1b8ba0..1b5d73079dc9 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/actions.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/actions.c
@@ -1051,7 +1051,7 @@ static int clone(struct datapath *dp, struct sk_buff *skb,
 	int rem = nla_len(attr);
 	bool dont_clone_flow_key;
 
-	/* The first action is always 'OVS_CLONE_ATTR_ARG'. */
+	/* The first action is always 'OVS_CLONE_ATTR_EXEC'. */
 	clone_arg = nla_data(attr);
 	dont_clone_flow_key = nla_get_u32(clone_arg);
 	actions = nla_next(clone_arg, &rem);
diff --git a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
index cc282a58b75b..dbdcaaa27f5b 100644
--- a/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
+++ b/net/openvswitch/flow_netlink.c
@@ -3458,7 +3458,9 @@ static int clone_action_to_attr(const struct nlattr *attr,
 	if (!start)
 		return -EMSGSIZE;
 
-	err = ovs_nla_put_actions(nla_data(attr), rem, skb);
+	/* Skipping the OVS_CLONE_ATTR_EXEC that is always the first attribute. */
+	attr = nla_next(nla_data(attr), &rem);
+	err = ovs_nla_put_actions(attr, rem, skb);
 
 	if (err)
 		nla_nest_cancel(skb, start);