diff --git a/net/xfrm/xfrm_compat.c b/net/xfrm/xfrm_compat.c
index a0f62fa02e06..12405aa5bce8 100644
--- a/net/xfrm/xfrm_compat.c
+++ b/net/xfrm/xfrm_compat.c
@@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ static int xfrm_xlate64(struct sk_buff *dst, const struct nlmsghdr *nlh_src)
 	nla_for_each_attr(nla, attrs, len, remaining) {
 		int err;
 
-		switch (type) {
+		switch (nlh_src->nlmsg_type) {
 		case XFRM_MSG_NEWSPDINFO:
 			err = xfrm_nla_cpy(dst, nla, nla_len(nla));
 			break;