diff --git a/net/sched/em_meta.c b/net/sched/em_meta.c
index dd57236..63ae6a2 100644
--- a/net/sched/em_meta.c
+++ b/net/sched/em_meta.c
@@ -623,8 +623,7 @@
 	if (v->len == sizeof(unsigned long))
 		NLA_PUT(skb, tlv, sizeof(unsigned long), &v->val);
 	else if (v->len == sizeof(u32)) {
-		u32 d = v->val;
-		NLA_PUT(skb, tlv, sizeof(d), &d);
+		NLA_PUT_U32(skb, tlv, v->val);
 	}
 
 	return 0;