diff --git a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c
index 0ae6899edac07..37a69df17cab9 100644
--- a/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c
+++ b/net/l2tp/l2tp_ip6.c
@@ -674,9 +674,6 @@ static int l2tp_ip6_recvmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len,
 	if (flags & MSG_OOB)
 		goto out;
 
-	if (addr_len)
-		*addr_len = sizeof(*lsa);
-
 	if (flags & MSG_ERRQUEUE)
 		return ipv6_recv_error(sk, msg, len, addr_len);
 
@@ -706,6 +703,7 @@ static int l2tp_ip6_recvmsg(struct sock *sk, struct msghdr *msg, size_t len,
 		lsa->l2tp_conn_id = 0;
 		if (ipv6_addr_type(&lsa->l2tp_addr) & IPV6_ADDR_LINKLOCAL)
 			lsa->l2tp_scope_id = inet6_iif(skb);
+		*addr_len = sizeof(*lsa);
 	}
 
 	if (np->rxopt.all)