diff --git a/lib/nlattr.c b/lib/nlattr.c
index b67a53e29b8f..dffd60e4065f 100644
--- a/lib/nlattr.c
+++ b/lib/nlattr.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
 #include <linux/errno.h>
 #include <linux/jiffies.h>
+#include <linux/nospec.h>
 #include <linux/skbuff.h>
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/types.h>
@@ -381,6 +382,7 @@ static int validate_nla(const struct nlattr *nla, int maxtype,
 	if (type <= 0 || type > maxtype)
 		return 0;
 
+	type = array_index_nospec(type, maxtype + 1);
 	pt = &policy[type];
 
 	BUG_ON(pt->type > NLA_TYPE_MAX);
@@ -596,6 +598,7 @@ static int __nla_validate_parse(const struct nlattr *head, int len, int maxtype,
 			}
 			continue;
 		}
+		type = array_index_nospec(type, maxtype + 1);
 		if (policy) {
 			int err = validate_nla(nla, maxtype, policy,
 					       validate, extack, depth);